| GORGONS | Stheno, Euryale and Medusa, the fanged monsters with the handy knack of turning to stone anyone who |
| GERICAULT | French artist noted for The Raft of the Medusa, The Charging Chasseur and his many paintings of horses (9) |
| VAMPIRE | Fanged monster |
| VAMP | Fanged monster, in brief |
| STHENO | Eldest of the three Gorgons in Greek mythology, sister of Euryale and Medusa (6) |
| EURYALE | One of the three Gorgons in Greek mythology; sister of Stheno and Medusa (7) |
| MINOTAUR | In Greek mythology, the monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man (8) |
| GORGONEION | An ancient Greek mask or representation of the petrifying face of Euryale, Stheno or, especially, Medusa (10) |
| MEDUSA | In Greek mythology, the sister of Stheno and Euryale, who was beheaded by Perseus (6) |
| GORGON | Stheno, Euryale, or Medusa of myth |
| GLOVEBOX | Legend gets nothing from tennis, from fight in the ring or from one of the handy types in golf? (8) |
| PEGASUS | In Greek mythology, this winged horse was the son of Poseidon and Medusa |
| DETERMINATION | Resolution made me tired of turning to the country (13) |
| MONKEYJACKET | Weekend in capital with record holder - the handy type that's historically in a mess (6,6) |
| BERYL | Note instrument turning to stone (5) |
| ROSETTA | Flower area's dry, turning to stone (7) |
| EMERALD | Notes about realm turning to stone (7) |
| RECOURSE | Act of turning to someone for help about racetrack (8) |
| COTTA | Cost of turning to Authorised headings priest might wear (5) |
| INSURANCE | Policy of turning to run a in case (9) |
