| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| MAN | Solution to the Riddle of the Sphinx |
| MAN | Answer to 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 |
| AKEY | Solution to the classic riddle "What force or strength cannot get through, - I, with gentle touch, can do" |
| OEDIPUS | He solved the riddle of the Sphinx. |
| NOONE | Before Oedipus, who could answer the riddle of the Sphinx |
| CANE | One of man's three legs, in the riddle of the Sphinx |
