| NEGRO | African emperor who captured Peggy's heart (5) |
| TITUS | Roman emperor who captured and destroyed Jerusalem (5) |
| NEGUS | African emperor having information about America (5) |
| RASTA | One worshipping African emperor backed a Russian one |
| EXALT | Honour former officer who captured head of army (5) |
| BEGIN | Start with the man who captured an American soldier (5) |
| MAHDI | Title assumed by Sudanese military leader Mohammed Ahmed who captured Khartoum in 1885 (5) |
| CLIVE | English general who captured Calcutta |
| JASON | Mythical hero who captured the Golden Fleece |
| ETHAN | Allen who captured Fort Ticonderoga |
| POWER | Soldier who's captured triage site might (S) |
| POINT | Peggys ___ Lighthouse (Iconic red-and-white attraction at Peggys Cove) |
| ELCID | Spanish soldier, born Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, who captured and occupied Valencia from 1094 to 1099 (2,3) |
| PIPER | Distinguished vitrailliste and war artist John Egerton Christmas, who captured in paint blitzed churches, bunkers, castles, country houses, historic landmarks, mountains and seascapes, notably collabo |
| COVES | 'Peggys' in Nova Scotia and 'Telegraph' in British Columbia |
| WAVES | They crash upon Peggys Cove |
| PENNY | _ Branning, was wrongly believed to have caused the crush at Peggy's in Walford (5) |
| STENO | Peggy's first job at Sterling Cooper |
| HAILESELASSIE | After acclaim, see devastated Scots miss African emperor |
| SELASSIE | African emperor, 1935-74 |
