| EGYPTIAN | Ra was the sun god in this ancient mythology (8) |
| INCA | Inti was the sun god of which South American empire? (4) |
| PAM | "The Office" character who said, "I feel God in this Chili's tonight" |
| MONOTHEISM | Single? God, in this, mum loses right to carry on being married (10) |
| HORUS | Ancient Egyptian god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun (5) |
| HINDU | Shiva and Surya are among gods in this mythology (5) |
| ERNESTHEMINGWAY | Author whose debut novel was The Sun Also Rises |
| ETRUSCAN | After English, Italian, for one, has roots primarily in this ancient civilisation |
| RAINFALL | Weather provided by sun god in autumn (8) |
| CENTAURS | Half man/half horse creatures of ancient mythology |
| LAODICEA | 8/9 - in the case of this ancient city of Asia Minor, the Lycus (8) |
| ASSYRIAN | Nineveh was the capital of this ancient empire (8) |
| EPHESUS | The Temple of Artemis, destroyed by the Goths in 263, was located in this ancient Anatolian city |
| IONIA | Miletus was the most important of the 12 cities in this ancient Greek region |
| SPARTANS | The first recorded use of cryptography for correspondence was used as early as 400 BCE by this ancient people, who employed a cipher device called the scatale for secret communication between military |
| OLEASTER | Also known as the wild olive, this ancient tree can still be found growing in parts of Mallorca, though it is more common to see its slightly more modern counterpart (8) |
| CARTHAGE | Dido was queen of this ancient city (8) |
| AUGUSTUS | HAL, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), encrypts to IBM using this ancient Roman emperor's cipher. |
| ACHILLES | Your weak spot might be described as the heel of this ancient Greek warrior |
| RIDGEWAY | Day I grew shaky on this ancient trail? (8) |
