| URANUS | Greek god of the skies who was the father of the Titans (6) |
| AEROSPACE | Quickly embraces Greek God of the skies and above (9) |
| GODWIN | Earl of Wessex who was the father of Harold II of England (6) |
| AGENOR | In Greek mythology, a Phoenician king of Tyre who was the father of Europa |
| CRONUS | Titan in Greek mythology who was the father of Zeus (6) |
| KRONOS | Titan in Greek mythology who was the father of Zeus (6) |
| EUCLID | Who was the "Father of Geometry"? (6) |
| JETHRO | In the Old Testament. a Midianite priest who was the father-in-law of Moses (6) |
| KWACHA | African rhino caught in grip of soaring alpha predator of the skies |
| HEAVEN | Lift northwards to the skies (6) |
| ARENOT | "...the skies __ cloudy all day" (2 wds.) |
| JACOB | In the Old Testament, the son of Isaac who was the father of the 12 patriarchs of Israel (5) |
| OBED | Son of Boaz and Ruth who was the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David |
| EWEYN | Known as Forkbeard, the first Viking king of England who was the father of Canute the Great (5) |
| ZACHARIAH | Priest during the reign of King Herod who was the father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5-14) (9) |
| PEPINTHESHORT | Who was the father of Charlemagne, deposed Childeric III in 751 and, as King of the Franks, began the Carolingian dynasty? (5,3,5) |
| IAPETUS | In Greek mythology, the Titan who was the father of Atlas and Prometheus (7) |
| ETHELRED | ___ the Unready, Anglo-Saxon English king who was the father of Edward the Confessor (8) |
| PHILIPII | King of Macedonia who was the father of Alexander the Great |
| HONEYFITZ | Nickname of President Kennedy's grandfather who was the father of his mother Rose: 2 wds. |