| FROGS | The -, play by Aristophanes in which Dionysus descends to Hades in order to bring back Euripides (5) |
| KNIGHTS | The -; play by Aristophanes, the dramatist who also wrote The Clouds, The Wasps, The Birds and The Frogs (7) |
| CLOUDS | "The ...", play by Aristophanes featuring the character Socrates (6) |
| THEFROGS | Play by Aristophanes in which Dionysus descends to Hades in order to bring back Euripides (3,5) |
| AARON | Brother of Moses who stretched out his rod in order to bring on the first three plagues, in the Old Testament |
| WASPS | 'The ---', 422 B.C. play by Aristophanes (5) |
| LETHE | River in Hades in Greek mythology that caused forgetfulness in those who drank from it(5) |
| SIGMA | Conclusion reached by Aristophanes, Sophocles, and Euripides |
| SINKS | Descends to the bottom |
| SHREW | 'The Taming of the ---', play by William Shakespeare (5) |
| WIVES | The Merry - of Windsor; one of the plays by Shakespeare with Sir John Falstaff (5) |
| BASSO | Hades in "Hadestown," for one |
| FATES | They help Hades in Disney's "Hercules" |
| SOULS | What Charon ferries across the river Styx to Hades |
| REALM | The underworld, to Hades |
| IBANT | "____ obscuri sola sub nocte" Aen 6.268: they were on the way [to Hades] |
| DOOMS | Condemns to Hades |
| CERBERUS | Dog that guards the entrance to Hades in Greek mythology (8) |
| AVERNO | Crater lake near Naples, Italy, regarded as an entrance to Hades in ancient times (6) |
| REFUGEES | Urges a couple of sweethearts to flee, initially, in order to bring them to safety |
