| IXION | King of the Lapiths in Thessaly said to have been the ancestor of the centaurs (5) |
| MALLARD | This duck with the characteristic green head may be the ancestor of all domestic duck breeds |
| CHIRON | Wisest of the centaurs, in Greek myth |
| PELION | Home of the Centaurs |
| ONION | Bulb vegetable said to have been the staple food of Diogenes the Cynic, the Greek philosopher who lived in a wine barrel or tub according to legend (5) |
| GARTH | The -; mountain on the outskirts of Cardiff said to have been the inspiration for The Englishman Who Went up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (5) |
| WHITE | Author of the Arthurian epic The Once and Future King, whose greatest love is said to have been the pet Irish setter he called Brownie (5) |
| NODDY | Blytonian companion of Big Ears; a tern whose genus Anous means "stupid" or "foolish"; the ancestor of cribbage; or, the jack in this game (5) |
| NONES | Dates in the Roman calendar thought originally to have been the day of the half moon |
| CRETE | Largest and most populous island of Greece, said to have been the birthplace of Zeus (5) |
| DIONE | Titaness said by Homer to have been the mother, by Zeus, of Aphrodite (5) |
| VIXEN | If never seen, she has to have been the cutest of Santa's team. (5) |
| EOLIC | The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis. (5) |
| RABBI | Osnat Barzani is thought by some to have been the first female one |
| ESAU | In the Old Testament, the twin brother of Jacob, the ancestor of the Edomites (4) |
| TEMPE | Wooded valley in Thessaly between the mountains Olympus and Ossa. (5) |
| LEDA | Moon that was discovered in 1974 and named for a woman in Greek myth who was believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had seduced her in the form of a swan) of Pollux and of Helen (4) |
| AENEID | A Latin epic poem written by Virgil, telling the legendary story of a Trojan hero who became the ancestor of the Romans (6) |
| ACHILLES | He is the principal character in Homer's Iliad, son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly and Thetis. He and his closest friend and lover, Patroclus, joined the Greeks in the Trojan War. Who is |
| WILDCAT | Creature, Felis silvestris, that is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat (7) |
