| OKTOBER | Month in which Nelson was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (7) |
| NELSON | Admiral who was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (6) |
| TRAFALGAR | Cape on the SW coast of Spain, south of Cadiz, that was the scene of a decisive naval battle in 1805 in which Nelson was mortally wounded |
| BATTLEOFTRAFALGAR | Naval engagement of 1805 in which Nelson was mortally wounded |
| MORDRED | In Arthurian legend, Arthur's treacherous nephew by whom he was mortally wounded (7) |
| OLDFORT | Whites-only prison in which Nelson Mandela was the only black (3,4) |
| VICTORY | In which Nelson had this |
| DUTIFUL | Obedient, as Nelson expected his men to be at Trafalgar (7) |
| AIRBASE | Major Nelson was stationed at one |
| NORFOLK | Flat, coastal county where Horatio Nelson was born, site of Sandringham, Holkham and Dersingham (7) |
| ADMIRAL | Horatio Nelson was Britain's most famous holder of this naval rank |
| AVALON | Legendary island to which King Arthur was conveyed after being mortally wounded at the Battle of Camlann (6) |
| ABOUKIRBAY | Site of the Battle of the Nile in which Nelson defeated the French (7,3) |
| BITTHEDUST | Was mortally wounded, in oaters |
| WSVANDYKE | Director of "RoseMarie" (1936) in which nelson eddy plays a Mountie, _._. ___ ___ (b.1889 - d.1943) |
| MAJ | Rank to which Capt. Nelson was promoted in "I Dream of Jeannie" |
| WINNIE | Name by which Nelson Mandela's second wife was known (6) |
| NELSONSCOLUMN | Landmark at Trafalgar Square in London (7,6) |
| WOLSEY | Norfolk's Lord Nelson was buried in St Paul's Cathedral with a marble sarcophagus that was originally made for Cardinal ... of Suffolk (6) |
| ONTHEROAD | Where Willie Nelson was "again," in song |
