| GIACOMO | -- Leopardi, 1798-1837, Italian poet (7) |
| LEOPARDI | Italian poet: 1798-1837 |
| MARINER | Long poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published in 1798 volume Lyrical Ballads (3,4,2,3,7,7) |
| ANCIENT | Long poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published in 1798 volume Lyrical Ballads (3,4,2,3,7,7) |
| LYRICAL | A collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published in 1798 (7,7) |
| BALLADS | A collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published in 1798 (7,7) |
| SWEDISH | Soprano Jenny Lind, b. Stockholm 1798, d. Herefordshire 1887 (7,11) |
| MALTHUS | Robert ___, author of An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) (7) |
| ABOUKIR | -- Bay on the N. coast of Egypt was the site of the 1798 Battle of the Nile (7) |
| HUMBERT | Which general led the French forces which landed in Mayo in 1798? (7) |
| TINTERN | Abbey immortalised in the title of a 1798 Wordsworth poem |
| THERIMEOFTHE | Long poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published in 1798 volume Lyrical Ballads (3,4,2,3,7,7) |
| ANCIENTMARINER | The Rime Of The _ _, long poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published in Lyrical Ballads in 1798 (7,7) |
| COLERIDGE | 1798: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner poet, Samuel Taylor ___ |
| NIGHTINGALE | Soprano Jenny Lind, b. Stockholm 1798, d. Herefordshire 1887 (7,11) |
| NILE | Battle of the ___, 1798 |
| CAIRO | Site of Napoleon's invasion of 1798-1801 |
| XYZ | ___ Affair: 1798-1800 France/USA dispute |
| MALTA | Napoleon conquest of 1798 |
| RULES | London's oldest restaurant, opened in 1798 (5) |