| SECRETE | Hide Theseus and Ariadne, ultimately, above minotaur's home |
| MINOTAUR | Which mythical monster was killed by Theseus and Ariadne (8) |
| MAZE | Minotaur's home design |
| UCLA | Minotaur's home |
| CRETE | Minotaur's home? |
| DEAD | and 12dn, 1956 novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver (4,4,5) |
| TITIAN | Born near the foot of the Dolomites circa 1490, the Renaissance master of the Venetian school whose works include his seven-metre-high Assunta, Bacchus and Ariadne and the Danae series (6) |
| MRS | and 21ac, 1952 novel by Agatha Christie featuring the characters Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver |
| ESTE | Family of Italian rulers including Alfonso I, Duke of Ferrara, patron of the arts for whom Bellini painted The Feast of the Gods and Titian created Bacchus and Ariadne (4) |
| CRETANS | Minos and Ariadne, e.g. |
| MCGINTYSDEAD | see 11dn, 1952 novel by Agatha Christie featuring the characters Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver |
| MANSFOLLY | see 2dn, 1956 novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver (4,4,5) |
| ANTIOPE | In Greek mythology, daughter of Ares and sister to Melanippe and Hippolyte who was the wife of Theseus and the only Amazon known to have married |
| MYTHS | Tales such as Pandora's Box, Theseus and the Minotaur, and the Labors of Hercules |
| THREAD | Strand used to guide Theseus out of the Minotaur's labyrinth by Ariadne (6) |
| HIPPOLYTA | In 1.1, the play begins with the announcement of nuptials between Theseus and whom? |
| NARNIA | Land of Marsh-wiggles and Minotaurs |
| APARTMENT | What centaurs and minotaurs are doing around flat (9) |
| ARIADNE | In Greek myths, the daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, who helped Theseus find his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth (7) |
| KNOSSOS | Home of the Minotaur's labyrinth |
