| OEDIPUS | Greek youth who married his mother (7) |
| OEDYPUS | Mythical king of Thebes who murdered his father and married his mother (7) |
| LEANDER | Greek youth who drowned in the Hellespont |
| ABRAHAM | Biblical figure who married his half-sister Sarah (7) |
| SIRIEIX | First Dates maitre d' who married his partner Fruitcake recently (4,7) |
| ABELARD | A French theologian who secretly married his pupil Heloise |
| SWEDISH | Skinhead married his fanciful Nordic type (7) |
| NARCISSUS | Greek youth who fell in love with his own reflection |
| ICARUS | Greek youth who flew too close to the sun (6) |
| SPENCERPRATT | Celebrity who married his reality TV colleague Heidi Montag (7,5) |
| EINSTEIN | Which great American citizen, who married his cousin, was the son of married cousins? (8) |
| ALBERT | Which great American citizen, who married his cousin, was the son of married cousins? (6) |
| FRED | First Dates maitre d' who married his partner Fruitcake recently (4,7) |
| FDR | Prez who married his fifth cousin once removed |
| POE | Noted writer who married his first cousin when she was 13 |
| CHANDLERBING | '90s-'00s sitcom character who married his friend's sister |
| NERO | Emperor who married his stepsister |
| JIMI | Former actor who married his Strictly partner Flavia, _ Mistry (4) |
| IAIN | _ Dean, Casualty paramedic who married his colleague Faith Cadogan (4) |
| NOAH | __ Sharma, Dales son of Charity who was adopted by Jai after he married his mother (4) |
