"C" Monsters
Half man & half horse, they wreaked havoc in Thessaly & were expelled
Centaurs
George Washington
Virginia
If you're "cut to" this 5-letter word, you're injured deeply
The Quick
50 rupees in this country of 1.2 billion
India
The person who receives property from a will, or the stuff you breathe
Heir/Air
Hesiod said this beast that guarded the entrance to Hades had 50 heads, not just 3
Cerberus
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
Peachy this! It's also a wailing lament for the dead
Keen
13 of these in Mexico
Pesos
The Roman goddess of love, or pertaining to certain blood vessels
Venus/Venous
Scylla's fearsome counterpart
Charybdis
James McHenry
Maryland
"A word to the" this, it means informed or to know
Wise
.75 of this monetary unit used by 17 countries
Euro
Intuitive understanding, or to prompt into action, as a crowd to riot
Insight/Incite
This "tempestuous" Shakespearean monster is described as "a savage and deformed slave"
Caliban
William Paterson
New Jersey
Brilliant, like the "lights" in a "big city" title
Bright
1,200 dinars in this country; the U.S. officially ended some other business there in December 2011
Iraq
Fully matured, or a deep sound of one in pain
Grown/Groan
The Greeks said this fire-breather was part lion, part dragon & part goat--but maybe it was a figment of their imagination
Chimera
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina
Mike Rogers is the chairman of the House's Permanent Select Committee on this
Intelligence
DD: 8 quetzals in this country bordered by Belize
Guatemala
DD: A gradation of a color, or to strike with an ax
Hue/Hew