| DARDANELLES | Strait swum across by Lord Byron, called Hellespont in classical times (11) |
| RESERVOIR | 21, I've swum across small lake (9) |
| SAGEST | In a poem, Byron called Cromwell “the ____ of usurpers” |
| LYSANDER | Commander of the Spartan fleet that defeated the Athenians in the Hellespont in 405 BC (8) |
| OHRID | Macedonian town, near lake of the same name, called Lychnidos in classical times (5) |
| ATTIC | The type of Greek spoken in Athens in classical times |
| HYPATIA | Philosopher and mathematician in classical times, murdered by a mob (7) |
| IONIA | In classical times, a coastal region of Anatolia, bordered by Aeolis and Caria (5) |
| CASTALIA | Fountain on Mount Parnassus in central Greece, sacred in classical times to Apollo and the Muses (8) |
| STRIGIL | In classical times a scraper used to clean the skin after bathing (7) |
| ORACLE | A priest acting as a medium from whom advice was sought in classical times (6) |
| LEANDER | Would he have swum Hellespont had he known of the boat club? (7) |
| SIBYL | Seer in classical times |
| TYRE | Rubber cushion famous in classical times (4) |
| LAURELS | Originally a symbol of Apollo, a chaplet of bay leaves worn as an emblem of triumph or honour in classical times (7) |
| CAMPION | Said in classical times to have been used for victors' crowns, a pink, red or white wild flower whose genus name Silene derives from the name of wine god Dionysus' drunken tutor (7) |
| LAUREL | Small Mediterranean evergreen tree from which wreaths were made and worn on the head as an emblem of victory or honour in classical times |
| STYLUS | Tool for writing on wax tablets in classical times, later for engraving or tracing; or, a gramophone needle (6) |
| TASSERA | From "four", a cube, die or square tablet on which a watchword was written as a token or ticket in classical times; or, a small quadrilateral block/tile for mosaic (7) |
| CORSAIR | The ___, verse tale by Lord Byron which inspired an opera by Verdi and a ballet by Adam (7) |
