| MORTALS | Plaything of the gods |
| RATTLED | Annoyed to be treated like the plaything of an infant (7) |
| YOYO | Plaything of two foreshortened solvers (2-2) |
| RATTLES | Playthings of a spoilt starlet? (7) |
| ICHOR | The blood of the gods, in Greek mythology, - its use in the fantasy genre is, according to Ursula LeGuin, the 'infallible touchstone of the seventh-rate' |
| GRAHAM | --- Hancock, author of the ancient mysteries books Fingerprints Of The Gods and The Sign And The Sea |
| TITIAN | English name of the Venetian artist who painted The Feast of the Gods for the Alabaster Chambers in Alfonso I d'Este's castle at Ferrara (6) |
| AMBROSIA | The food of the gods; the elixir of life (8) |
| OSIRIS | One of the gods invoked by Sarastro in the aria starting Act 2 of The Magic Flute |
| RHEA | Who is the mother of the gods and Zeus's mother and left him in the care of a nurse on Crete? |
| IRIS | Goddess of the Rainbow, messenger of the gods |
| CYBELE | Phrygian goddess of nature often called the "Mother of the Gods" (6) |
| DIANTHUS | Symbolising boldness and meaning "flower of the gods", the genus or Latin name of spicy-clove-scented carnations, pinks and sweet william (8) |
| MIDGARD | Abode of humanity in Norse mythology, linked to Asgard, home of the gods, by the rainbow bridge Bifrost (7) |
| IFFY | In the lap of the gods up in the air |
| SHINTO | Indigenous polytheistic religion of Japan; literally, 'the way of the gods' (6) |
| JUPITER | Named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology, the largest planet in our solar system (7) |
| LUCY | Actress Liu of the upcoming Shazam! Fury of the Gods |
| ASGARD | Reached from Earth only by the rainbow bridge Bifrost, the abode of the gods in Norse mythology (6) |
| HERA | Queen of the gods / wife of Zeus |
