| ABEDNEGO | One of those who were thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar (8) |
| CHERRYPIT | Old game in which certain fruit stones were thrown into a small hole |
| PONTIFFS | Heartless type of head is welcoming party of those who were all innocent (8) |
| SLAG | Blast furnace by-product |
| INDISPOSED | Heartless institution got rid of those who were unwilling? |
| SHADRACH | One of three men who, in the Book of Daniel, are thrown into a fiery pit (8) |
| ANGEVINS | The Plantagenet kings of England, especially those who were also counts of Anjou |
| VETERANS | Rave about new nets for those who were there before (8) |
| DECEIVER | If ever dice were thrown by one so tricky! (8) |
| TARPEIAN | It is a cliff on the Capitoline Hill over which those condemned to death were thrown. In Coriolanus (act 3, scene 1), Sicinius Velutus says, "He shall be thrown down the ___ rock/ With rigorous hands. |
| DEJECTED | Down in the dumps when five hundred were thrown out (8) |
| DEFEATED | Down in the dumps when five hundred were thrown out (8) |
| MAINTAIN | Keep mania casually thrown into a tin (8) |
| RAINCOAT | Wet weather gear thrown into a car (8) |
| HEZEKIAH | Last king of Judah, who rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar and died in captivity at Babylon (8) |
| SCRAPPED | Fell out or were thrown out (8) |
| MORPHEUS | Captain of the Nebuchadnezzar, in "The Matrix" |
| FIERY | ___ furnace (what Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into) |
| APHRODITE | Goddess born out of foam, after Uranus was castrated and his genitals were thrown into the sea |
| JEHOIACHIN | The penultimate king of Judah, dethroned by Nebuchadnezzar (10) |
