| UMBERTO | -------I, King of Italy who lived from 1844 to 1900 (7) |
| ANATOLE | France from 1844 to 1924 |
| HOBBEMA | The Alberta community of Maskwacis was formerly known as ___, named for the Dutch landscape painter who lived from 1638 to 1709 |
| GALILEO | Legendary astronomer who lived from 1564 to 1642 |
| TSELIOT | Poet who lived from 1888 to 1965: initials + surname |
| ANTWERP | European city where Peter Paul Rubens lived from 1609 to 1621 (7) |
| RICHARD | - I; king of the English known as the Lionheart who spent as little as six months in England during his 10-year reign (7) |
| MALCOLM | ___ I, King of Scots succeeded by Indulf in 954 (7) |
| COSENZA | Calabrian city in which Alaric I, king of the Visigoths, died in 410 AD (7) |
| THELION | Epithet attached to William I, King of Scots (3,4) |
| OSCARI | King of Norway and Sweden from 1844 to 1859 |
| CLIVE | Major-General Robert ___ of India, who lived from 1725 to 1774 (5) |
| ESTE | Noble family of Italy who governed Modena and Reggio from the 13th-18th century (4) |
| ETTY | English painter William who lived from 1787 to 1849 |
| BOLEYN | Anne -, English queen who lived from around 1507 to 1536 (6) |
| OSCARWILDE | The Picture of Dorian Gray novelist who was exiled from Britain from 1897 to 1900: 2 wds. |
| GIULIOANDREOTTI | Politician seven times prime minister of Italy, who was the subject of the 2008 film Il Divo (6,9) |
| CONTE | Giuseppe, prime minister of Italy who assumed office on June 1 2018 (5) |
| BENITOMUSSOLINI | Fascist dictator of Italy who was called Il Duce by his countrymen (6,9) |
| ETRUSCANS | Ancient peoples of Italy who influenced the Roman civilization |