| GAIA | Hypothesis by James Lovelock named after a mythological goddess or personification of Earth (4) |
| AMUSE | Interest a mythological goddess |
| NOTUS | Greek god or personification of the south wind with the Roman or literary equivalent Auster (5) |
| SHAKTI | The concept, or personification, of divine feminine creative power in Hinduism |
| STYX | Rock band named after a mythological river |
| IRIS | Name the mythological goddess of the rainbow (4) |
| GAEA | Greek mythological personification of Earth |
| HEBE | Greek youth goddess; or, the protagonist in Mary Wesley's Harnessing Peacocks (4) |
| DEVI | Indian goddess or Indian maiden (4) |
| ORIONSBELT | A group of three bright stars in a constellation named after a mythological Greek hunter (6,4) |
| CURL | Lovelock |
| LUNA | Moon goddess or energy bar brand |
| HYACINTH | Named after a mythological prince accidentally killed by Apollo with a discus, a flower symbolising play/sport, sometimes grown in a forcing vase (8) |
| ENDYMION | Poem by John Keats named after a mythological Greek shepherd loved by the moon goddess Selene (8) |
| NERITES | Freshwater snails named after a mythological Greek sea deity who was turned into a shellfish by the gods (7) |
| ORION | Containing an asterism formed by the three stars Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, a constellation named after a mythological Greek hunter (5) |
| NEPTUNE | Predicted by Urbain Le Verrier using mathematics alone, planet named after a mythological Roman sea god (7) |
| TETHYS | Moon of Saturn named after a mythological Greek Titaness (6) |
| NUT | An acorn, conker, filbert or other such indehiscent fruit; a hard gingery biscuit; a lump of coal; one's head; a sky goddess; or, a young blood (3) |
| PEGASUS | Constellation named after a mythological winged horse (7) |
