| ELISHA | Hebrew prophet of the 9th century BC who was the successor of Elijah |
| COLBERT | Stephen ___ comedian who was the successor to David Letterman on the Late Show |
| ELIJAH | Old Testament prophet of the 9th century BC who denounced Ahab and Jezebel (6) |
| AHAB | Name the Biblical king of Israel of the ninth century BC (4) |
| SEMIRAMIS | Greek name of the ninth-century BC Assyrian queen, who, over succeeding generations, has been turned into a legendary warrior leader (9) |
| HOSEA | A Hebrew prophet of the 8th century BC who married the prostitute Gomer at God's command |
| PHIDIAS | Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC who directed the carving of the Elgin Marbles (7) |
| SCYTHIAN | Member of a nomadic empire covering Central Eurasia from the 9th century BC (8) |
| SAMARIA | Ancient town, made the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel by Omri in the ninth century BC (7) |
| IKTINOS | Athenian architect of the 5th century BC who co-designed the Parthenon with Callicrates and the sculptor Phidias (7) |
| OBADIAH | Shortest book of the Old Testament, attributed to a Hebrew prophet of either the 6th or 9th century BC (7) |
| CALIPH | The title of the successors of Mohammed as rulers of the Islamic world, later assumed by the Sultans of Turkey |
| IPSUS | In 301 BC, which ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia, was the scene of a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great? (5) |
| MYRON | Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC who worked almost exclusively in bronze |
| ALFRED | - - - the Great, Anglo-Saxon king of the ninth century (6) |
| SUTCLIFF | Author of historical novels charting the lives of the fictional Aquila family in Roman Britain including The Eagle of the Ninth and The Silver Branch (8) |
| EXPLOSIVE | Gunpowder, in use by the 9th century in China and the 13th century in the West, was the first known |
| VEZELAY | This French village lies on a hill on the left bank of the Cure River. Its history is tied to its Benedictine abbey, founded in the 9th century. The abbey attracted pilgrims because the supposed remai |
| WALKOFFSHAME | Humiliation of the pitcher who gives up the game winner in the bottom of the ninth? |
| CDC | Org. that was the successor to the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas |
