| HIPPOLYTA | Queen of the Amazons and betrothed of Theseus in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| MANATEE | Any of three species of large slow aquatic mammals found along tropical and subtropical Atlantic coasts and associated inland waters, including the watersheds of the Amazon and Niger rivers. (7) |
| PHILOSTRATE | Master of the Revels to Theseus in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-6) |
| ENGAGED | Employed and betrothed (7) |
| RANSOME | Author of novels about characters including the Amazons and the Coots (7) |
| THESEUS | He fought the Amazons and us after these (7) |
| WINDERMERE | Largest natural lake in England, associated with Swallows and Amazons and other books in the series |
| BELT | Orion's one or the girdle of Hippolyta which Hercules had to obtain from the Queen of the Amazons |
| PENTHESILEA | In Greek mythology, the queen of the Amazons, killed by Achilles (11) |
| LATINATE | Introduction of Theseus in a tale spun in Virgil's style? |
| PHAEDRA | Daughter of Minos and wife of Theseus, in Greek mythology (7) |
| ARES | God who fathered a queen of the Amazons |
| ANTIOPE | In Greek mythology, daughter of Ares and sister to Melanippe and Hippolyte who was the wife of Theseus and the only Amazon known to have married |
| MATOGROSSO | High plateau of Brazil that forms the watershed separating the Amazon and Plata river systems (4,6) |
| HIPPOLYTUS | Son of Theseus in Greek mythology (10) |
| DEMETRIUS | In 1.1, Egeus presents his daughter, Hermia, to Theseus in his court as he says, "I beg the ancient privilege of Athens." Whom does Egeus want her to marry? |
| ARIADNE | Daughter of Minos who assisted Theseus in the labyrinth (7) |
| NOFEEBLEWOMEN | Recruiting rule of the Amazons? |
| RIOS | The Amazon and others |
| RAINFORESTS | The Amazon and Congo ___ suffered fires this year (11) |
