| OCEANID | In Greek mythology, a water nymph - one of the 3,000 daughters of Tethys |
| NAIAD | In Greek mythology, a water nymph (5) |
| OCEANIDS | Mythological Greek sea nymph daughters of Tethys (8) |
| FOOTE | Author of the 3,000-page "The Civil War: A Narrative" |
| CAL | Ripken, the latest member of the 3,000-hit club |
| AROD | Member of the 3,000-hit club, informally |
| ECHO | Nymph one catches on the rebound? |
| OREAD | Nymph one would adore to take out (5) |
| STYX | Daughter of Tethys in Greek mythology |
| UNDINE | Variety of Miscanthus sinensis named after a water nymph (6) |
| UMIDA | Naias saepe ____ est: a water-nymph is usually wet |
| RUSALKA | Opera by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak about a water nymph (7) |
| OCEANUS | Titan who was the brother and husband of Tethys |
| ANNAPOLIS | The capital of the US state of Maryland, end point for the 3,000-mile annual Race Across America bicycle race (9) |
| SEA | A surviving trace of the ancient Tethys ocean is the Mediterranean ... |
| DORIS | Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology (5) |
| MERMAID | A mythical siren, water nymph or literal "sea woman", in the form of a beautiful undine with a fish's tail (7) |
| RODCAREW | Only major league player to enter the 3,000 hit club in the 1980s |
| DAPHNE | Water nymph of Greek myth turned into a laurel tree to escape the amorous pursuit of Apollo (6) |
| CAREW | Rod who joined the 3,000 hit club in 1985 |
