| CELLINI | Benvenuto -; Florentine goldsmith who sculpted Perseus with the Head of Medusa (7) |
| BELLINI | Italian sculptor and goldsmith who died in Florence in 1571 (7) |
| HILLIARD | Limner and goldsmith who painted the Young Man Among Roses miniature (8) |
| OLIVER | Cromwell and Goldsmith - who could ask for more? (6) |
| PERSEUS | Son of Zeus and Danae, who cut off the head of Medusa (7) |
| VERSACE | Italian fashion house whose logo is the head of Medusa |
| PEGASUS | It is described at the winged horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa when killed by Perseus. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 4, scene 1), the Dauphin says of this horse: "To turn and wind a fiery ___ / A |
| STEROPE | Daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea, who received a lock of Medusa's hair from Heracles to protect her town from attack |
| EURYALE | The Gorgon sister of Medusa and Stheno (7) |
| ATHENA | To whom Perseus gave the head of Medusa |
| AURELIA | From "gold", a genus of medusas that includes the saucer jellyfish; or, alluding to its golden colour, an old name for a butterfly's chrysalis (7) |
| HOMER | Classical writer's hero grotesquely seizing head of Medusa |
| RODIN | Frenchman who sculpted The Burghers of Calais in 1889 (5) |
| HECTORBERLIOZ | French composer who wrote the operas Les Troyens and Benvenuto Cellini |
| DONATELLO | Italian artist who sculpted Magdalene Penitent c1455 (9) |
| ARCHIPENKO | Kiev-born artist who sculpted Flat Torso in 1914 (10) |
| ARP | Jean who sculpted "Cloud Shepherd" |
| OPERAHOUSE | One such as Benvenuto Cellini, put up in Sydney's place? |
| AMUSED | Diverted by the destruction of Medusa (6) |
| SNAKES | Creatures forming the hair of Medusa |
