| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CANE | One of man's three legs, in the riddle of the Sphinx |
| sphinxes | A winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide |
