| JUNO | Roman queen of the gods |
| IRIS | Flower, part of the eye and helper to the Queen of the Gods in Greek mythology (4) |
| TEMPLEOFHERA | Before each Games, the Olympic torch is lit using sunbeams at this structure in Greece, which honors the queen of the gods |
| HERA | Queen of the gods / wife of Zeus |
| SATI | Egyptian queen of the gods |
| REGINA | Roman queen overturns a country in Africa (6) |
| 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) |
| NORNS | In Norse mythology, the three virgin goddesses of fate, who predestine the lives of the gods and men |
| OSIRIS | One of the gods invoked by Sarastro in the aria starting Act 2 of The Magic Flute |
| JUPITER | Named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology, the largest planet in our solar system (7) |
| RHEA | Who is the mother of the gods and Zeus's mother and left him in the care of a nurse on Crete? |
| CYBELE | Phrygian goddess of nature often called the "Mother of the Gods" (6) |
| NECTAR | Greek and Roman myth: the drink 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 |
| HERMES | Mythological Greek messenger of the gods with the Roman counterpart Mercury (6) |
