| MINOTAUR | Mythical monster killed by the Athenian hero Theseus (8) |
| AEGEUS | Athenian king in Greek mythology usually said to be the father of the hero Theseus (6) |
| SKYROS | Greek island in the Aegean Sea on which the mythological hero Theseus met his death (6) |
| PERICLES | What is the name of the Athenian statesman who commissioned the Parthenon, and also the title character in a play by Shakespeare? (8) |
| DAEDALUS | In Greek myth, the Athenian who built the labyrinth at Minos (8) |
| MARATHON | Derived from the legend of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, a footrace of 26 miles and 385 yards (8) |
| OBEDIENT | Does as he is told, gets an honour but will be killed by the Northern Territory (8) |
| CACUS | Monster killed by Hercules in his cave on 1ac, the story told in Aen. 8 |
| HYDRA | The multi-headed monster killed by Hercules in the second of his 12 labours |
| GRENDEL | Mythical half-human water monster killed by Beowulf (7) |
| WEREWOLF | Mythical monster - or we flew (anag) (8) |
| TORCHING | Burning object in possession of mythical monster (8) |
| EXORCIST | One who performs a ritual live, caging mythical monster (8) |
| BASILISK | Mythical monster (8) |
| ROSSMCWHIRTER | Who, with his twin Norris, sold facts to newspapers which led to the founding of The Guinness Books of Records and, in 1975, after offering a reward for information on terrorists, was killed by the Pr |
| ASPASIA | Milesian woman, famous for her involvement with the Athenian statesman Pericles, blamed by Aristophanes for the Peloponnesian War (7) |
| THOR | Norse god fated to be killed by the worldserpent Jormungandr in the final battle of Ragnarok (4) |
| JOHNDILLINGER | US gangster and Public Enemy No. 1 killed by the FBI in 1934 following a tip-off from the 'Woman in Red' (4,9) |
| ACIS | Mortal lover of the sea-nymph Galatea in Greek myth, killed by the jealous Cyclops Polyphemus (4) |
| NATHANHALE | Revolutionary War spy who was captured and killed by the British at the age of twenty-one |
