| ANACREON | Greek lyric poet of the 6th century BC known for his drinking songs (8) |
| CROESUS | King of Lydia 560-546 BC known for his great wealth (7) |
| THESPIS | Greek dramatic poet of the 6th century BC (7) |
| ALCAEUS | Greek lyric poet of the 7th century BC after whom a four-line stanza form is named (7) |
| HERODOTUS | Greek historian of the 5th-century BC known as The Father of History |
| MINNESINGER | German amatory lyric poet of the 12th and 13th centuries (11) |
| TUMBLERRIDGE | Foothills of The Rockies destination in bc known for dinosaur tracks: 2 wds. |
| NAKUSP | Village in BC known for its hot springs |
| DIASPORA | Dispersion of a population from its homeland, as of the Jews after the Babylonian captivity of the 6th century BC (8) |
| AESOP | Supposed Greek fabulist of the 6th century BC first attested by the historian Herodotus a century later (5) |
| SAPPHO | A Greek lyric poetess of the 6th Century BC (6) |
| ARCHILOCHUS | 7th-century BC Greek lyric poet of Paros (11) |
| EZEKIEL | Hebrew prophet of the 6th-century BC |
| TEMPLEOFARTEMIS | One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, originally built in Ephesus in the 6th century BC (6,2,7) |
| DLI | Start of the second half of the 6th century |
| TAOISM | Chinese philosophical system based on the 6th-century BC teachings of Lao-tzu, or Laozi (6) |
| OCTAVIA | Sister of the Roman emperor Augustus and wife of Mark Antony (69- 11 BC), known as ' the Younger' (7) |
| BACTRIA | Ancient region spanning parts of modem Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, probably subdued in the sixth century BC by Persian king Cyrus the Great (7) |
| POLO | Horseback-mounted team sport dating back to the 6th century BC (4) |
| STDAVID | Leader of the 6th. century monastic revival in Wales? (2.5) |
