Mythology Crossword for Adults

Pantheon of Legends

"Pantheon of Legends" is a hard crossword about mythology with 25 entries on a 15 by 15 grid, 12 across and 13 down.

Answers average 6.1 letters and the longest runs ten, clued as "Charity worker whose fennel delivery earned an eternal liver biopsy" (16 Across). It crosses five other answers, so getting it early opens up much of the grid.

  • 25 clues
  • 15 x 15 grid
  • Hard
  • Answers 3 to 10 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 16 Across (10)Charity worker whose fennel delivery earned an eternal liver biopsy
  2. 24 Across (9)Self-cannibalizing serpent providing an infinite feedback loop
  3. 9 Down (9)Pond viewer who fell hopelessly for a shallow aquatic double

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Across

  1. 4. Endured celestial shoulder strain after a failed insurrection
  2. 7. Caprine-lion-reptile conglomerate brought down from high altitude
  3. 8. Trio beneath the roots doing eternal threadwork without shears
  4. 10. Feline-chariot commuter who shares the battle fallen with the Allfather
  5. 12. Cattle thief who invented the lyre before he was one day old
  6. 13. Norse curtain call that terminates both the gods and their real estate
  7. 15. Multi-colored messenger connecting heaven and earth without a cable
  8. 16. Charity worker whose fennel delivery earned an eternal liver biopsy
  9. 20. Bloody instigator trapped inside a bronze jar for thirteen months
  10. 21. Mazelocked hybrid who had beef with Athenian youths
  11. 23. Jealous brother who measured a cedar chest to fit a royal corpse
  12. 24. Self-cannibalizing serpent providing an infinite feedback loop

Down

  1. 1. Heavy hitter once caught cross-dressing to retrieve stolen iron
  2. 2. Peacock enthusiast with severe matrimonial grievances
  3. 3. Chooser of the slain who provides a VIP pass to Valhalla
  4. 5. Feather-penned scribe of the underworld with a curved beak
  5. 6. Equine aviator born from a decapitated gorgon neck
  6. 9. Pond viewer who fell hopelessly for a shallow aquatic double
  7. 11. Arboreal scaffolding that holds nine separate realms in its limbs
  8. 14. Olympic beverage that keeps wrinkles and morgues away
  9. 17. Culinary offender left parched and hungry in chin-deep waters
  10. 18. Apple judge whose decorative award started a ten-year siege
  11. 19. Deceased monarch whose queen had to reassemble him puzzle-style
  12. 21. Her single feather could weigh heavily on an unrighteous soul
  13. 22. One-handed justice dealer whose pledge proved costly to Fenrir

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