| HYPATIA | Philosopher and mathematician in classical times, murdered by a mob (7) |
| TASSERA | From "four", a cube, die or square tablet on which a watchword was written as a token or ticket in classical times; or, a small quadrilateral block/tile for mosaic (7) |
| LAURELS | Originally a symbol of Apollo, a chaplet of bay leaves worn as an emblem of triumph or honour in classical times (7) |
| STRIGIL | In classical times a scraper used to clean the skin after bathing (7) |
| CAMPION | Said in classical times to have been used for victors' crowns, a pink, red or white wild flower whose genus name Silene derives from the name of wine god Dionysus' drunken tutor (7) |
| ABELARD | Brother murdered by a doctor turned theologian in France (7) |
| CORINTH | Greek port and city, important since classical times (7) |
| LEIBNIZ | Gottfried Wilhelm von ..., German philosopher and mathematician who was a contemporary of Isaac Newton (7) |
| RUSSELL | Bertrand ___, British philosopher and mathematician who was awarded the Nobel prize in literature in 1950 |
| ACTUARY | Mathematician in the insurance field (7) |
| TRIREME | Oar-driven battleship of classical times (7) |
| GRYPHON | Majestic and powerful creature of classical times known for guarding priceless possessions ___ Eagle (alternate spelling) |
| LYNCHED | Killed by a mob |
| IONIA | In classical times, a coastal region of Anatolia, bordered by Aeolis and Caria (5) |
| ORACLE | A priest acting as a medium from whom advice was sought in classical times (6) |
| CASTALIA | Fountain on Mount Parnassus in central Greece, sacred in classical times to Apollo and the Muses (8) |
| DARDANELLES | Strait swum across by Lord Byron, called Hellespont in classical times (11) |
| ATTIC | The type of Greek spoken in Athens in classical times |
| PULITZER | In 1994, the Star's Paul Watson wins the ___ Prize for Spot News Photography for his photo of a U.S. soldier's body being dragged through the streets by a mob in Mogadishu in Somalia |
| LAUREL | Small Mediterranean evergreen tree from which wreaths were made and worn on the head as an emblem of victory or honour in classical times |
