| LAPISLAZULI | Brilliant blue gemstone used by the ancient Egyptians |
| LAZULI | Lapis --, brilliant blue gemstone (6) |
| SAPPHIRE | A brilliant blue gemstone (8) |
| LINEN | Used by the ancient Egyptians to wrap Tutankhamun's mummy and by Matilda as the ground fabric for the Bayeux Tapestry, a textile woven from flax (5) |
| KOHL | Eye shadow used by the ancient Egyptians |
| PAPYRUS | Writing material used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans (7) |
| LEEK | Eaten by the ancient Egyptians, purportedly a favourite of Nero and worn into battle by the Welsh, a vegetable or allium related to the onion and shallot (4) |
| SUN | Worshipped by the ancient Egyptians as Ra, the star at the centre of the solar system (3) |
| SPHINX | Huge stone statue built by the ancient Egyptians with the body of a lion and the head of a man |
| IBIS | A bird venerated by the ancient Egyptians is found in the hibiscus |
| SCARAB | Name the beetle that was regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians (6) |
| SCARABBEETLE | Insect regarded by the ancient Egyptians as divine (6,6) |
| SCARABS | Beetles revered by the ancient Egyptians (7) |
| IBISES | Birds worshipped by the ancient Egyptians (6) |
| HIEROGLYPHS | Parts of the writing system used by the ancient Egyptians |
| ONION | Vegetable worshipped by the ancient Egyptians as a symbol of eternal life due to its internal concen |
| SACRED | Is following evolution of basic red bird venerated by the ancient Egyptians (6,4) |
| LAPIS | --- lazuli, a brilliant blue mineral, used as a gemstone (5) |
| WOAD | Blue dye used by the ancient Picts and also Boudicca as war/body paint (4) |
| ASPHALT | Still used today, what was used by the ancient Babylonians as a building material? (7) |
