| BURGHLEY | - House; Tudor mansion designed by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Elizabeth I (8) |
| LUTONHOO | Bedfordshire mansion designed by Robert Adam for the 3rd Earl of Bute (5,3) |
| KNEBWORTH | -- House, Tudor mansion in Hertfordshire, home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (9) |
| GERARD | Originally a barber-surgeon, the botanist and superintendent of the gardens of William Cecil, Lord Burghley and compiler of the tome Herball (6) |
| SOMERSET | - House; building on the Strand designed by William Chambers, once home to the Royal Academy (8) |
| THISTLES | Depicted on some textiles designed by William Morris and with seeds eaten by goldfinches, prickly plants used as the botanical symbols of Scotland (8) |
| SCIMITAR | Reliant updates released in 1990 re-designed by William Towns (8,4) |
| GLORIANA | A long air (anag) - name given to Elizabeth I (8) |
| CHRYSLER | ___ Building (N.Y.C. landmark designed by William Van Alen) |
| NAMESAKE | Elizabeth II, to Elizabeth I |
| ARKROYAL | Flagship of the English Navy during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588, commanded by Lord High Admiral Charles Howard (3,5) |
| GARDINER | Gerald -, Lord High Chancellor from 1964-70 (8) |
| SSTS | Reliant updates released in 1990 re-designed by William Towns (8,4) |
| SPENSER | Author of The Faerie Queene, an allegorical epic poem dedicated to Elizabeth I with characters painted in watercolours by William Blake some 250 years later (7) |
| VERE | Edward de _, 17th Earl of Oxford; Lord Great Chamberlain to Elizabeth I (4) |
| NURSIE | Fictional attendant to Elizabeth I played by Patsy Byrne in Blackadder II (6) |
| HOUSEOFTUDOR | The British royal family line in power from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603) |
| TUDOR | An English dynasty whose monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603) (5) |
| SHERBORNE | Market town in Dorset with a Tudor mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh next to the ruins of a 12th-century castle (9) |
| EMPIRESTATE | ___ Building (N.Y.C. landmark designed by William F. Lamb) |
