| THOMASCROMWELL | Adviser to King Henry VIII; the protagonist of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels (6,8) |
| WYATT | Poet featured in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy |
| TUDORS | Period drama about King Henry VIII, The _ (6) |
| CROMWELL | Historical subject of Hilary Mantel's 2009 novel "Wolf Hall" |
| HALL | Wolf _, adaptation of Hilary Mantel's novel (4) |
| HILARY | _ _ _ _ _ _ Mantel, Wolf Hall author (6) |
| MERLIN | Wizard and adviser to King Arthur who orchestrated the sword in the stone (6) |
| MORDECAI | Cousin and adoptive father of Esther who became chief adviser to King Ahasuerus (Esther 2-9) (8) |
| PHILIPPA | ___ of Hainault, wife and political adviser to King Edward III |
| COURT | Royal palace built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and later given to King Henry VIII (7,5) |
| HAMPTON | Royal palace built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and later given to King Henry VIII (7,5) |
| WOLFHALL | Hilary Mantel's fictional account of the life of Thomas Cromwell (4,4) |
| DEFENDER | Title given by Pope Leo X to King Henry VIII and held by British monarchs ever since (8,2,3,5) |
| HOLBEIN | Hans, court painter to King Henry VIII (7) |
| BOLEYN | Historical drama starring Eric Bana as Henry VIII, The Other ___ Girl (6) |
| MONTJOY | Who comes to King Henry V to report from the French court? |
| TENNISBALLS | Insulting gift sent by the Dauphin of France to King Henry V (6.5) |
| TOBALDLYGO | Part of the prologue to Star Trek VIII, the Old Generation? |
| BRINGUPTHEBODIES | Hilary Mantel novel, a follow-up to Wolf Hall, and winner of the 2012 Man Booker prize |
| WOLF | - Hall, Hilary Mantel novel set in the court of Henry VIII (4) |
