| ALCESTIS | In Greek mythology, wife of King Admetus rescued from Hades by Hercules (8) |
| RHEA | In Greek mythology, wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus (4) |
| EURYDICE | Oak dryad killed by a viper bite before her near rescue from Hades by her husband Orpheus and his lyre (8) |
| ALCMENE | In mythology, wife of Amphitrion (7) |
| SALVAGED | Endless ointment aged rescued from waste (8) |
| ABEDNEGO | One rescued from firing has retired and gone off |
| STYX | In Greek mythology, a river in Hades by which the gods swore unbreakable oaths (4) |
| SORDIDLY | Women rescued from sword, casually and sleazily |
| ORPHEUS | A great musician, in Greek mythology, who tried to reclaim his wife from Hades |
| HESIONE | Daughter of the Trojan king Laomedon in Greek mythology, rescued from a sea monster by Heracles (7) |
| SOMNI | "Sunt geminae ____ portae" (Aen 6.893), the gates of Sleep, exit from Hades |
| INFER | Deduce there's no getting away from Hades (5) |
| ORFEO | Monteverdi character seeking to bring Euridice back from Hades |
| REARITSUGLYHEAD | From Hades, guilty criminal, first bum to make unwelcome appearance (4,3,4,4) |
| BATEAUOUTOFHELL | Flat-bottomed vessel sailing across the River Styx from Hades? |
| DEAREST | 1981's campy Mommie _______ exposed Joan Crawford as a psycho mother from Hades. |
| AMYMONE | Rescued from a satyr by Poseidon, name of one of the 50 Danaides (7) |
| DESDEMONA | From Hades, demon attacking tragic heroine |
| STONECROP | It blooms from Hades to Necropolis |
| HELLO | A greeting from Hades? Oh! (5) |
