| NEREIDS | Mythological sea-nymphs who lived at the bottom of the Aegean Sea and helped sailors in distress (7) |
| SIRENS | Mythical sea nymphs who lured sailors to their death (6) |
| OCEANIDS | Mythological sea nymphs such as Electra or Asia (8) |
| OCEANID | Mythological sea nymph |
| NEREID | Mythological sea nymph |
| ICARIAN | The -- Sea is the part of the Aegean Sea where, according to legend, Icarus fell into the sea (7) |
| WALPOLE | Horace -; author of The Castle of Otranto who lived at the Gothic revival villa Strawberry Hill (7) |
| SLESSOR | Mary ___, Scottish missionary to Nigeria, who gained the respect of the local people and helped to stop the practice of killing twins (7) |
| CALYPSO | In Greek mythology, a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years (7) |
| DOLPHIN | Winter the bottlenose ___ aquatic animal that lived at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and was known for her prosthetic tail |
| SPONGED | Lived at the expense of others |
| MINOTAUR | Creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man who lived at the centre of the Cretan Labyrinth, in Greek mythology |
| SARONICGULF | Inlet of the Aegean Sea on the SE coast of Greece that includes the islands of Aegina, Salamis and Poros (7,4) |
| PROTEGE | Person guided and helped by another (7) |
| SAROS | Gulf of -, inlet of the Aegean Sea in northwest Turkey north of the Gallipoli Peninsula (5) |
| NAIADES | Island circled by cuckoo and sea nymphs |
| THRACE | Balkan country north of the Aegean Sea in ancient Greek and Roman times, now divided between Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece (6) |
| IONIA | Ancient region of western Asia Minor along the coast of the Aegean Sea where Greek settlers establis |
| LEMNOS | Greek Island (185 sq miles; about 17,000), In the northern part of the Aegean Sea (6) |
| WATSON | CSK's Player of the Final who scored a century and helped beat SRH in the 2018 IPL final |
