| LANCASTRIAN | An opponent of the House of York in the Wars of the Roses (11) |
| LANCASTER | Which Royal House was in opposition to the House of York in the Wars of the Roses? (9) |
| BOSWORTH | The 1485 will of Thomas Longe, from Ashwellthorpe, makes him the first named common soldier who fought for the House of York in the 1485 Battle of ... Field (8) |
| ALICEBAND | Hair-taming accessory worn by Diana, Princess of Wales and Sarah, Duchess of York in the 1980s, typically velvet or faux tortoiseshell (5,4) |
| TYPHOIDMARY | A person who spreads a disease, taken from the name of an Irish-born cook who worked in New York in the early 19005 (7,4) |
| ARCHDIOCESE | A district such as Canterbury or York in the Anglican Church (11) |
| WHITEROSE | Emblem of the House of York later adopted as the symbol of Yorkshire (5,4) |
| WARSOF | The ... the Roses, 15th century struggle for the throne between the houses of York and Lancaster (4, 2) |
| ROSES | The conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster was called the Wars of these flowers |
| PURITAN | An opponent of the Royalists in the English Civil War (7) |
| BOSWORTHFIELD | The site of the battle in English history that ended the Wars of the Roses (8,5) |
| TUDORROSE | Symbol of the union of the Houses of York and Lancaster (5,4) |
| NEWAMSTERDAM | Dutch settlement at the southern tip of Manhattan Island renamed in honour of the Duke of York in 1664 (3,9) |
| YORKIST | Represented by a white rose, any one of the rivals of the Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses (7) |
| SARACEN | An opponent of the Crusaders causes a scare in North America initially (7) |
| TEWKESBURY | Gloucestershire town, the scene of a decisive battle in the Wars of the Roses |
| RICHARD | - III; last king of the House of York who is portrayed in Shakespearean plays and John Rous' armorial roll-chronicle and Historic Regum Angliae (7) |
| KINGMAKER | Epithet given to Richard Neville. the 16th Earl of Warwick. for his role in the Wars of the Roses (9) |
| ANNEHYDE | Daughter of the Earl of Clarendon who married James, Duke of York, in 1660 (4,4) |
| PARLIAMENTARIAN | Owl, might one say: once an opponent of the king? |
