| IXION | Character in Greek mythology bound to a perpetually turning fiery wheel by Hermes on the orders of Zeus (5) |
| DERAILED | Turning fiery, had something run off the tracks (8) |
| CASTLE | Any one of the strongholds constructed on the orders of William the Conqueror (6) |
| BOLEYN | Earl of Wiltshire's daughter whose betrothal to Henry Percy was ended by Cardinal Wolsey on the orders of her future husband, Henry VIII (6) |
| FARO | Game based on betting on the order of the appearance of certain playing cards that became popular when its predecessor basset was outlawed by Louis XIV (4) |
| ACTIS | Character in Greek mythology who built the city of Heliopolis in Egypt to honour his father Helios (5) |
| AXLE | A pin or rod in the nave of a wheel by which it turns (4) |
| RONNIE | Roxy's sister, who recently returned to Walford on the orders of Peggy Mitchell! (6) |
| WALL | Structure built on the orders of Hadrian that was partly restored by John Clayton 17 centuries later (4) |
| BRITANNICUS | Son of Claudius poisoned, aged 13, on the orders of his half-brother Nero |
| GRAHAMSUTHERLAND | English artist whose 1954 painting of Winston Churchill was destroyed on the orders of Lady Churchill |
| BRANDENBURGGATE | Benin landmark built on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William ll, completed in 1791 (11,4) |
| ARIADNE | Character in Greek mythology who gave Theseus the thread with which he found his way out of the labyrinth |
| ELECTRA | Tragic character in Greek mythology who is the subject of plays by Sophocles and Euripides (7) |
| SERF | Agricultural labourer in a feudal society bound to a plot of land and whichever lord owns it (4) |
| RALEGH | English adventurer and one-time royal favourite executed on the orders of James VI & I (6) |
| RALEIGH | Sir Walter -; courtier and explorer knighted by Elizabeth I but later executed on the order of her successor, James I (7) |
| HERCULES | Character in Greek mythology played by Dwayne Johnson in a 2014 film (8) |
| ECHO | Which character in Greek mythology could only repeat the final words of others? (4) |
| URANUS | The only planet whose name is derived from a character in Greek mythology |
