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MORPHIAAn old word, from Ovid's name for the god of dreams/son of slumber, for the narcotic principle of opium (7)
MORPHEUSGreek god of dreams, son of personification of sleep Hypnos (8)
VENUSANDADONISPoem by William Shakespeare, written in 1592-93, with a plot based on passages from Ovid's Metamorphoses
NAARTJEOld word from Afrikaans for a small sweet orange (7)
YAHWEWhat name for the God of the Old Testament is transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH? (5)
YONOld word from a pointer
JOVEAnother name for the god Jupiter (4)
YEMENMajor source of the narcotic qat
DRUG500 Romans on the mat regarding the narcotic supply (4)
ETYMAOld words from which modern words are derived
EREBUS"Be sure" anagram for the god of the underworld (6)
MORPHINEWhich drug took its name from the Greek god of dreams? (8)
NECTARWord originally for the gods' drink of eternal life in mythology that has come to mean essence collected from flowers by pollinators including bees that forms the basis of honey (6)
TRIDENTAccording to the Greek poet Hesiod, a weapon forged by the three Cyclopes for the god Poseidon (7)
THURSDAYDay for the god of thunder (8)
MARSSpoils for the god of war (4)
EROSSore back for the god of love
ARUNDHATIROY1997 Booker prize winner, for The God of Small Things
AIKEN"A Heart for the Gods of Mexico" poet Conrad
AMBROSIASwedish cheese was classic food for the gods of mythology (8)