| ELIZABETH | Queen of England, 1558-1603 (9) |
| ELIZABETHI | Queen of England, 1558-1603 (9,1) |
| ERA | A period like the Elizabethan one that took place from 1558-1603 (Fun fact: Given the corset craze of the time, women undoubtedly * celebrated the end of that ___) |
| ELIZABETHAN | Of the period 1558-1603 |
| MARYTUDOR | Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558 (4,5) |
| ELIZ | Of the yrs. 1558-1603 |
| TUDORROSE | Symbol of the monarchs of England 1485-1603 |
| MARY | Queen of England from 1553 to 1558 (4) |
| VERISIMILITUDE | Composition of Queen Elizabeth suite (1558) shows plausibility (14) |
| MARYQUEENOF | Sovereign who, in turn, married Francis, the Dauphin of France in 1558, her cousin Lord Damley in 1565 and two years later, the Earl of Bothwell (4,5,2,5) |
| SCOTS | Sovereign who, in turn, married Francis, the Dauphin of France in 1558, her cousin Lord Damley in 1565 and two years later, the Earl of Bothwell (4,5,2,5) |
| CALAIS | England's last French possession lost in 1558 (6) |
| JAMESI | Son of Mary, Queen of Scots and king of England and Ireland from 1603 until his death in 1625 (5,1) |
| ROGERASCHAM | English humanist scholar and writer who served as tutor (1548-50) and Latin secretary (1558-68) to Queen Elizabeth I (5,6) |
| KYD | English dramatist (1558-94) |
| TUDORS | Members of an English royal house of Welsh origin that ruled from the accession of Henry VII in 1485 until the death of Elizabeth I in 1603 (6) |
| ROTHESAY | The Duke of ___ is, since 1603, one of the (Scottish) titles of the heir to the British throne (8) |
| STUART | Royal house of Scotland from 1371, and of England from 1603 (6) |
| TUDOR | Royal dynasty that ruled England from the accession of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603 (5) |
| JAMES | King ... I ruled England and Scotland from 1603-1625 (5) |