| LILITH | In Jewish mythology, Adam's first wife, a demon (6) |
| IONA | I own, after ditching first wife, a small island (4) |
| LEVIATHAN | A sea serpent in Jewish mythology (9) |
| SHEIDIM | Evil spirits in Jewish mythology (Hebrew) (7) |
| STAG | Keresh in Jewish mythology is this type of creature (4) |
| ELNINO | Nativity oratorio by John Adams first performed in 2000 (2,4) |
| KARIBA | A knight, a wife, a dam (6) |
| WAFFLY | Wife, a female surreptitious and vague (6) |
| TAIWAN | Husband leaves Thai wife a new island (6) |
| WAMPUM | No longer means to buy wife a male Manx cat (6) |
| WINNER | Victor makes wife a target (6) |
| WHINGE | Irritating complaint from wife a turning point (6) |
| EXTORT | Blackmail former wife - a civil wrong |
| GOLEM | Automoton of Jewish mythology |
| RUNTOYOU | Bryan Adams' first UK hit (3,2,3) |
| POLKA | President Adams' first dance (5) |
| MEUNIERE | From the French meaning "in the manner of a miller's wife", a dish of sole or other fish, lightly dredged in flour and sauteed in butter (8) |
| EDEN | Site of Adam's first meal |
| FIGLEAF | Adam's first form of clothing! (3,4) |
| BAIT | Was nibbling sandwiches Adam's first temptation? |
