| HALCYON | In Greek mythology, a woman turned into a kingfisher; now a word meaning calm and peaceful (7) |
| ARACHNE | Mythical woman turned into a spider by Athena (7) |
| STILL | Word meaning calm, quiet or stationary; or, a photograph (5) |
| NIOBE | Woman turned into a weeping stone, in Greek myth |
| ALCYONE | In Greek mythology, the daughter of Aeolus who drowned herself in grief at her husband's death and was transformed into a kingfisher (7) |
| AMBIENT | Of music that is calm and peaceful (7) |
| GENERIC | Leader of guides and peaceful girl turning a hundred in a class of their own (7) |
| PACIFIC | Calm and peaceful |
| SPONSOR | "And now a word from our __" |
| EMPRESS | A powerful woman turned me over to the newspapers (7) |
| TACTFUL | 15Lorna? Spiteful woman turned sensitive (7) |
| ROSEATE | Woman turned tea pink (7) |
| NIRVANA | Terrible Ivan ran a perfectly enlightened and peaceful state (7) |
| NEWGATE | Woman turned up at entrance to English prison |
| IDYLLIC | Charming and peaceful (7) |
| MEDUSA | In Greek mythology, a woman transformed into a Gorgon (6) |
| MAENAD | In Greek mythology, a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus |
| INCOMPREHENSION | Most of wage woman's turned into retirement fund, showing lack of understanding |
| ABET | Once to "bait, hound, urge" the wicked or the worthy, now a word solely meaning to aid/incite a crime (4) |
| CARE | Originally "sorrow, grief", now a word for worry, for keep or for a watch one holds while others sleep (4) |
