| GORGON | Stheno, Euryale, or Medusa of myth |
| GORGONS | Stheno, Euryale and Medusa, the fanged monsters with the handy knack of turning to stone anyone who |
| GORGONEION | An ancient Greek mask or representation of the petrifying face of Euryale, Stheno or, especially, Medusa (10) |
| MEDUSA | Sister of Stheno and Euryale |
| STHENO | Eldest of the three Gorgons in Greek mythology, sister of Euryale and Medusa (6) |
| EURYALE | One of the three Gorgons in Greek mythology; sister of Stheno and Medusa (7) |
| PURSUESPERSEUS | What the Gorgon Stheno does in Greek myth? |
| SKIP | Don't go to sleep with Stheno at first |
| SEASCAPE | Painting of the ocean or shore such as Gericault's The Raft of the Medusa, Monet's Impression, Sunrise or Turner's The fighting Temeraire (8) |
| STEROPE | Daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea, who received a lock of Medusa's hair from Heracles to protect her town from attack |
| CELLINI | Florentine sculptor of "Perseus with the Head of Medusa" |
| PERSEUS | Beheader of Medusa, in Greek myth |
| GERICAULT | French artist noted for The Raft of the Medusa, The Charging Chasseur and his many paintings of horses (9) |
| MEASURED | Sized up the length of rattlesnakes on top of exotic head carried by wild Medusa (8) |
| PEGASUS | It is described at the winged horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa when killed by Perseus. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 4, scene 1), the Dauphin says of this horse: "To turn and wind a fiery ___ / A |
| POLYP | One of the two forms taken by a cnidarian invertebrate such as a sea anemone or coral, the other being the medusa (5) |
| DANAE | Mother, by Zeus, of the Greek mythical hero Perseus, slayer of the Gorgon Medusa (5) |
| STONE | Ex-viewer of Medusa? |
| RAFT | Gericault painted The ___ of the Medusa. (4) |
| AMUSED | Diverted by the destruction of Medusa (6) |
