| WISDOM | Sapience personified by goddesses Athena and Minerva (6) |
| LITTLEOWL | Species of the bird known collectively as a parliament, associated with goddesses Athena and Minerva (6,3) |
| MEDUSA | She was transformed into a Gorgon by Athena and finally decapitated by Perseus (6) |
| ELINOR | Sense personified by 5 turning to gold (6) |
| HEARTH | Part of a home personified by the Roman goddess Vesta (6) |
| CANADA | Country personified by lumberjack Johnny Canuck (6) |
| SPRING | Collective noun for a group of teal; or, the season personified by Persephone (6) |
| PALLAS | She is the goddess of wisdom and of war, handicraft, and practical reason. The ancient Romans connected her with Minerva. In Titus Andronicus (act 4, scene 1), Marcus Andronicus says, "Apollo, ___, Jo |
| ROMAN | Like Mercury and Minerva |
| ARMIPOTENTES | Valiant, warlike - eg, Mars and Minerva |
| GODDESSES | Venus and Minerva, eg (9) |
| SMITH | *Violet Crawley and Minerva McGonagall |
| ATHENE | Greek goddess whose Roman equivalent is Minerva (6) |
| ATHENA | Roman goddess identified with the Roman Minerva (6) |
| CHASTE | As ___ as Minerva (austere or celibate) |
| ASSISI | Locale of Umbria's Temple of Minerva |
| WORDSOFWISDOM | Sapience and sagacity, for instance (5,2,6) |
| AEGIS | Shield used by Athena and Zeus |
| MOON | A pale tide-pulling heavenly orb, famously described by Juliet as "inconstant", mapped by early selenographers, personified by the Romans as Luna and responsible for the majestic "diamond-ring" effect |
| DOGROSES | Wild thorny plants held up by goddesses or gods |
