| ORPHEUS | He joined the Argonauts, and his music kept them from peril. On his return, he married Eurydice, who was soon killed by a snakebite. He followed her to the land of the dead. Hades, king of the underwo |
| DISMISSES | Rejects Sid on his return - he fails to make a hit! (9) |
| MELEAGER | Mythical Greek hero noted as a member of the Argonauts and the slayer of the Calydonian boar (8) |
| CFL | Org. of the Argonauts and the Alouettes |
| PLATED | Covered with extremes of peril on the wrong date |
| PAGAN | Father to irritate in return -- he won't be celebrating Christmas (5) |
| PRECIPICE | Situation of great peril on a vertical slope |
| SPIKEFISH | Upon return, he said, "Freak hippo's killing every other marine creature" (9) |
| AGAMEMNON | He was an Argonaut and son of Atreus, who murdered Clytemnestra's first husband, Tantalus, and brutally killed their baby before he married her. He was also famous for being the King of Mycenae and co |
| SCOTT | Explorer who died on his return from a failed attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole (5) |
| CLYTEMNESTRA | In Greek mythology, the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War (12) |
| CONDREDGE | Mr. Holloway, University of Tennessee quarterback in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders, the Toronto Argonauts and the BC Lions |
| DETESTED | It was examined by Ed on his return and how he hated it! (8) |
| DELAYED | On this day, Ed met the French and kept them back (7) |
| SCROOGE | He worked with Marley before he joined The Wailers (7) |
| DARTAGNAN | He joined the Three Musketeers and somehow got a grand tan (9) |
| THEME | On time, he joined the setter of a topic for discussion (5) |
| ADMETUS | Argonaut and king of Pherae in Greek mythology who married the princess Alcestis (7) |
| CARGOCULT | On Tanna in Vanuatu, what type of religious belief centres on John Frum, a Second World War serviceman, with the building of symbolic landing strips and the belief in his return with great wealth? (5, |
| PUJOLS | He joined the 500 home run club in 2014 |
