| TAVERNER | 1972 opera by Peter Maxwell Davies about a 16c English composer (8) |
| TALLIS | Thomas, 16c English composer and organist (6) |
| PETERMAXWELL | British composer of 1972 opera Taverner (5,7) |
| DAVIES | British composer of 1972 opera Taverner (6) |
| BLIND | Masque by Peter Maxwell Davies first performed in London in 1972 (5,4,4) |
| EVERYMAN | Early 16c English morality play (8) |
| EIGHTSONGS | 1969 music-theatre piece by Peter Maxwell Davies and Randolph Stow (5,5,3,1,3,4) |
| WEIR | Composer of A Night at the Chinese Opera who was appointed Master of The Queen's Music in succession to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in 2014 (4) |
| BROWN | George Mackay -; Orcadian author whose novel Magnus was adapted into a chamber opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (5) |
| TERRIBLE | Name given to the 16c first tsar of Russia (4,3,8) |
| MADRIGAL | Type of 16c or 17c part song for unaccompanied voices (8) |
| CHACONNE | Type of dance piece originating in the late 16c, such as the final movement of Bach's Partita no. 2 in D minor for violin (8) |
| MAGELLAN | 16c Portuguese explorer |
| MARLOWE | Christopher, 16c English dramatist whose works include Edward II (7) |
| FROBISHER | Martin, 16c English explorer who visited Labrador and Baffin Island (9) |
| GILBERT | Sir Humphrey, 16c English navigator who founded the colony of St. John's, Newfoundland (7) |
| AZTEC | Member of a Mexican Indian people whose great empire was overthrown by Cortes in the 16c (5) |
| IVANTHE | And 18. Name given to the 16c first tsar of Russia (4,3,8) |
| SAKAI | Port on Osaka Bay, Japan, which was a major 16c port (5) |
| FONTAINEBLEAU | Town in N. France famous for its palace built in the 16c by Francis I (13) |
