| OENONE | Nymph whose lover Paris deserted her for Helen (6) |
| DAPHNE | Nymph whose name means "laurel" |
| NEREID | Any one of 50 sea nymphs whose name is a variation of their father's, which in turn derives from "swim, dive" (6) |
| PSYCHE | Eros loved her for her soul (6) |
| OSCARS | Awards for Helen Hunt and Holly Hunter |
| SHAKER | Possibly ask her for a salt cellar, for example |
| CASSIE | Steve McDonald asked her for a second date in Coronation Street (6) |
| EARTHS | Sat with her for the jobs of wiremen (6) |
| ALASKA | Listen, I'll ask her for a baked dessert (6) |
| ENGAGE | Hire her for a forthcoming wedding (6) |
| TAYLOR | RIDGE MARRIED HER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1992 (B&B) |
| ECHO | Nymph whose love for Narcissus went unrequited |
| DIVORCEE | I covered for one who may have deserted her husband (8) |
| CRESSIDA | Daughter of Calchas who deserted her lover Troilus (8) |
| SIREN | Mythical sea nymph whose singing lured sailors onto rocks (5) |
| HERO | Priestess of Aphrodite whose lover Leander drowned in the Hellespont during his nightly swim to see her (4) |
| HERON | Flying fish eater, one whose lover regularly swam north (5) |
| ANNA | ____ Karenina, literary character whose lover is Count Vronsky (4) |
| MODIGLIANI | Italian artist whose lover was Jeanne H6buterne (10) |
| FRIEND | "To see her is a Picture, to hear her is a Tune, to know her an intemperance as innocent as June, to know her not, affliction. To own her for a ___, a warmth as near as if the Sun were shining in your |
