| FRANCISCAN | Member of a religious order founded under the rule of Francis of Assisi |
| SOFA | Resting place of Francis of Assisi |
| JESUIT | Member of a religious order founded by St Ignatius of Loyola (6) |
| ORIEL | Constituent college of the University of Oxford originally founded under the patronage of Edward II in 1326 (5) |
| SOLIDARITY | Polish trade union founded under the leadership of Lech Walesa in 1980 (10) |
| ILO | UN agency founded under the League of Nations |
| SUBJECT | Any field of study or branch of learning; a person under the rule of a monarch; or, a musical theme (7) |
| HOLYROMANEMPIRE | Complex of European countries under the rule of a Frankish or German king (4,5,6) |
| FLORENCE | Capital of Tuscany, once under the rule of the Medici family (8) |
| THEGARDENOFEDEN | The garden of Sweden loses direction under the rule of Adam and Eve (3,6,2,4) |
| TEMPLAR | A member of a military religious order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem around 1118 (7) |
| GREYFRIAR | What title is given to a monk who is a member of an order founded by St Francis of Assisi? (4,5) |
| BENEDICTINES | Monks or nuns of a Christian religious order founded in the sixth century (12) |
| SAUDI | State effectively under the rule of Mohammed bin Salman (5,6) |
| FRANCISCANS | Friars of the order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi (11) |
| TALIASHIRE | American actress in The Godfather and Rocky series of films who is the sister of Francis Ford Coppola and the aunt of Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola (5.5) |
| FRIAR | A member of a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church (5) |
| KNIGHTSTEMPLARS | Members of a military religious order founded in Jerusalem around 1118 (7,8) |
| ABBEY | Christian monastery under the rule of an abbot |
| HUN | One under the rule of Attila |
