| PEGASUS | In mythology, which flying horse arose from slain Medusa's blood? (7) |
| ACHERON | 'River of grief' in Greek mythology which flows in the underworld of the dead (7) |
| PHOENIX | Firebird, originally in Egyptian mythology, which rises from its own ashes (7) |
| PERSEUS | Having slain Medusa, he became a constellation (7) |
| ORPHEUS | In Greek mythology, which poet and lyre player sought his wife in Hades after her death? (7) |
| ARIADNE | In Greek mythology, which daughter of Minos and Pasiphae did Theseus leave on the island of Naxos after she helped him escape from the maze? (7) |
| ARACHNE | In Greek mythology, which weaver was turned into a spider by Athena? (7) |
| TRISTAR | Film production company whose logo is a flying horse (7) |
| STEMMED | Arose (from) (7) |
| ONAWING | Idiom that arose from a WWII song about a damaged warplane, 'coming in ... and a prayer' (2,1,4) |
| STOODUP | Arose from a chair |
| ARIOSTO | Poet whose romance epic Orlando Furioso (Frenzy of Orlando) tells the tales of kings, knights, princesses, warriors, flying horses and sorcerers (7) |
| LETHE | In mythology, which river in Hades causes forgetfulness in those who drink its waters? (5) |
| AURELIA | From "gold", a genus of medusas that includes the saucer jellyfish; or, alluding to its golden colour, an old name for a butterfly's chrysalis (7) |
| ASSUMED | Medusas swim about freely, it's supposed (7) |
| STEROPE | Daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea, who received a lock of Medusa's hair from Heracles to protect her town from attack |
| DEITIES | Gods newly itemised, Medusa's head omitted (7) |
| HYDRA | In mythology, which many-headed snake was killed by Hercules? (5) |
| PSYCHE | In mythology, which maiden was loved by Eros? (6) |
| CERBERUS | In mythology, which three-headed dog guarded the entrance to Hades? (8) |
