| SEABATTLE | Aeschylus' play "The Persians" is about one |
| SEVENAGAINSTTHEBES | Oedipus-themed Aeschylus play |
| MEDES | A law of the ____ and Persians is a thing which cannot be changed |
| LOSTANDPROFOUND | Like most of Aeschylus' plays? |
| MERE | Village four miles south-west of Altrincham; its name derives from the lake at the heart of the community; Hoo Green is about one mile to the east of the village (4) |
| PAIR | The accepted level is about one or two |
| BELIEF | The idea that beef is about one pound |
| ESTIMATE | Reckon the deceased's property is about one thousand |
| TABLOID | Which newspaper is about one half the ordinary page size (7) |
| SALAMIS | Island in the Saronic Gulf that was the scene of a naval battle in 480 BC in which the Greeks defeated the Persians |
| NEPTUNE | Which planet is about one-fifth as bright as the faintest star? (7) |
| USA | Its personal savings rate is about one-third of Japan's |
| SOPORIFIC | Sleep-inducing form of crop is about one |
| EPISODIC | In parts, poem is about one jocular lawgiver |
| MANIA | How upset a man is about one such craze (5) |
| SOMALIA | Thus article is about one African country or another (7) |
| MARATHON | Long distance race over 42 kilometres named for the ancient battlefield from which Pheidippides, in legend, brought the news to Athens of victory against the Persians |
| THRONE | Jewelled seat of the Mughal emperors, studded with the Koh-i-Noor diamond and other precious items, looted in 1739 by the Persians (7,6) |
| PEACOCK | Jewelled seat of the Mughal emperors, studded with the Koh-i-Noor diamond and other precious items, looted in 1739 by the Persians (7,6) |
| LEONIDAS | King of Sparta who fought the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC); depicted by Gerard Butler in the 2006 film 300 (8) |
