| IXION | In mythology, son of Ares bound to a fiery wheel by Zeus as punishment for attempting to seduce his wife, Hera (5) |
| CASTOR | In mythology, son of Leda, twin of Pollux (6) |
| LEDA | Woman seduced by Zeus as a swan in Greek mythology (4) |
| EUROPA | Beauty abducted by Zeus as a bull (6) |
| ATLAS | In Greek mythology, a Titan compelled to support the sky on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus |
| HARPIES | In Thrace, these terrible winged creatures had been sent by Zeus to torment the blind Phineus as punishment for blinding his own sons on the advice of their scheming step-mother, whom Jason rescued. W |
| LAIUS | King of Thebes in Greek mythology; son of Labdacus and father, by Jocasta, of Oedipus (5) |
| ROMYMARS | Nepo baby who made (and deleted) a TikTok while she was grounded for attempting to charter a helicopter to get lunch with her camp friend |
| EREBUS | Primordial god of darkness in Greek mythology, son of Chaos and brother and husband of Nyx (Night) (6) |
| THRAX | A son of Ares, the Greek god of war, named after the ancient kingdom of Thrace (5) |
| AXLE | A pin or rod in the nave of a wheel by which it turns (4) |
| SERF | Agricultural labourer in a feudal society bound to a plot of land and whichever lord owns it (4) |
| AJAX | In Greek mythology, son of Telamon, a hero of the Trojan War (4) |
| APOLLO | In classical mythology, son of Zeus and Leto and brother of Artemis (6) |
| ICARUS | In Greek mythology, son of Daedalus who flew too near the sun when trying to escape from Crete (6) |
| TROILUS | In Greek mythology, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, who was killed by Achilles (7) |
| ANUBIS | In Egyptian mythology, son of Osiris who conducted the dead to judgement (6) |
| OLENUS | In Greek mythology, son of Hephaestus and father of Helike and Aex (6) |
| DECIMATE | Kill one in ten (as Romans did as punishment for mutiny) |
| SENTENCEDTOYALE | Given "four years at a New Haven university" as punishment for a crime? |
