| ERINYES | Alternative name for the Furies (Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone) in Greek mythology (7) |
| FURIES | The three classical goddesses of vengeance: Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone |
| FURY | Alecto, Megaera or Tisiphone |
| MEGAERA | One of the three Erinyes, or Furies, in Greek mythology; sister of Alecto and Tisiphone (7) |
| ALECTO | In Greek mythology, one of the three Erinyes or Furies, along with Megaera and Tisiphone (6) |
| EUMENIDES | Euphemistic name for the Furies in Greek mythology, literally meaning 'the benevolent ones' (9) |
| ORESTES | Depicted in a painting by WilliamAdolphe Bouguereau, brother of Electra tortured by the Furies for killing his mother Clytemnestra (7) |
| ULULARE | To howl and holler, recall Tisiphone at Phyllis's bed, Ovid Her. 2.117 |
| TISIPHONE | One of the three Erinyes, or Furies, in Greek mythology; sister of Alecto and Megaera (9) |
| BRINJAL | Alternative name for the aubergine used in India and Africa; from Arabic via Portuguese (7) |
| BACCHIC | Alternative name for the Greek god Dionysus, used especially by the Romans (7) |
| FURIALE | Of the furies, furious, e.g. ____ carmen, Livy 10.41 |
| GEHENNA | Alternative name for the biblical Valley of Hinnom, in which children were sacrificed to the Canaanite god Moloch; later synonymous with hell (7) |
| SCREECH | And an alternative name for the first, from its piercing cry (7) |
| DITTANY | Alternative name for the Eurasian gas plant (Dictamnus albus), also called burning bush and fraxinella (7) |
| LADYDAY | Alternative name for the Feast of the Annunciation - or for Billie Holiday? (4,3) |
| ERINNIC | One of the Furies |
| WOLFRAM | (GKN) Alternative name for the metallic element tungsten, from German (7) |
| DURAMEN | Alternative name for the heartwood of a tree; from Latin, 'hardness' (7) |
| ALECOST | Alternative name for the herbaceous Eurasian plant costmary, classified as Tanacetum balsamita (7) |
