| HANNAH | The mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament |
| ELI | Teacher of Samuel, in the Bible (3) |
| SAUL | Biblical king anointed by the prophet Samuel (4) |
| RHEA | Who is the mother of the gods and Zeus's mother and left him in the care of a nurse on Crete? |
| OPT | Prefer the first of the Prophets in the Old Testament (3) |
| ROSEPARKS | The 'mother of the civil rights movement', best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955/56 (4,5) |
| ANNE | Forename of Thomas and Elizabeth Boleyn's daughter who was the second wife of Henry VIII and the mother of the last Tudor monarch (4) |
| SONINLAW | What the mother of the bride calls the groom after the wedding |
| ROSEKENNEDY | The mother of the 35th president of the United States (4,7) |
| AURICLE | Part of the audience may hear the voice of the prophet (7) |
| RELIC | Personal memorial of a saint, found by teacher of Samuel in church (5) |
| CARME | Small moon (with a radius of 14 miles) discovered in 1938 by Seth Barnes Nicholson and named for the mother of the Cretan deity Britomartis (5) |
| ADMIRAL | Which artist, included in the Peggy Guggenheim collection, was the mother of the actor Robert De Niro? (7) |
| CYBELE | Phrygian goddess of nature often called the "Mother of the Gods" (6) |
| ADITI | Some had it in for the Mother of the Gods |
| STANNE | First mentioned in Apocrypha, the mother of the Virgin Mary (2,4) |
| NULIAJAK | The Mother of the Sea Mammals, in Inuit folklore |
| MASCOT | Charm the mother of the boy in a kilt? (6) |
| FATIMA | Catholic pilgrimage site in Portugal - or the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad (6) |
| ISLAM | Adherents of this religion follow the teachings of the prophet Muhammad |
