| TENEDOS | In Greek legend, the base of the Greek fleet during the siege of Troy (7) |
| AULIS | Port town of ancient Greece from which the Greek fleet is said to have sailed for the siege of Troy (5) |
| NELSON | Horatio, British naval hero who lost sight in his right eye during the siege of Calvi in Corsica in 1794 (6) |
| NIMITZ | Chester, Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet during the Second World War (6) |
| AEGEANSEA | It held up the Greek fleet on its way to Troy |
| BENEDICTI | Pope during the siege of Rome by Lombards |
| EPIGONI | In Greek legend, the sons of the "Seven against Thebes" who avenged the death of their fathers (7) |
| LAERTES | In Greek legend, the father of Odysseus (7) |
| ELECTRA | In Greek legend, the daughter of Agamemnon (7) |
| PYRAMUS | In Greek legend, the lover of Thisbe (7) |
| REPULSE | HMS ---, name of at least 12 vessels in the Royal Navy's fleet during its history |
| LEANDER | In Greek legend. a youth of Abydos who drowned in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to Hero (7) |
| TRIREME | Part of an old Greek fleet |
| CALYPSO | Which sea-nymph in Greek Legend detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia |
| POSEIDON | In Greek legend, the son of Cronus and Rhea whom the Romans knew as Neptune (8) |
| AMAZONS | Mythical race of female warriors in Greek legend (7) |
| PEGASUS | Which horse, in Greek legend, was called a winged horse (7) |
| PANDORA | First mortal female in Greek legend (7) |
| GORDIAN | Knot in Greek legend (7) |
| CENTAUR | In Greek legend, a creature half man, half horse (7) |
