| ALFRED | And 4ac King of Wessex who defeated the Danes in 878 (6,3,5) |
| THEGREAT | King of Wessex who defeated the Danes in 878 (6,3,5) |
| EDINGTON | Battle of __, decisive victory by Alfred the Great over the Danes in 878 (8) |
| ETHELRED | 9th-century king of Wessex who led the resistance to the Danish invasion of England (8) |
| EGBERT | King of Wessex who was overlord of all England 829-830 A.D. (6) |
| GODWIN | Earl of Wessex who was the father of Harold II of England (6) |
| NARVA | Port in Estonia near the border with Russia which was founded by the Danes in the 13c (5) |
| ASHDOWN | AEthelred and a young Alfred the Great defeated the Danes at the battle of ___ in AD 871 (7) |
| TITO | and 4ac, Italian baritone who produced and played the title role in Giuseppe Verdi opera Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1965 (4,5) |
| GOBBI | and 4ac, Italian baritone who produced and played the title role in Giuseppe Verdi opera Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1965 (4,5) |
| JACK | and 4ac, Actor who played The Tin Man in 1939 film fantasy The Wizard of Oz (4,5) |
| HALEY | and 4ac, Actor who played The Tin Man in 1939 film fantasy The Wizard of Oz (4,5) |
| MARTEL | Charles ___, grandfather of Charlemagne who was Frankish ruler of Austrasia who defeated the Moors at Poitiers in 732 |
| HORATIONELSON | British admiral who defeated the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar: 2 wds. |
| TAMERLANE | Founder of the Timurid Empire who defeated the Turks at Angora in 1402 (9) |
| STBRICESDAYMASSACRE | The killing of many Danes in England, ordered by AEthelred the Unready in 1002 (2,6,3,8) |
| BLACK | and 4ac, Pandemic in Europe and Asia that peaked during the 14th century |
| PIZARRO | Francisco ___, Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca empire (1533) and founded Lima as the new capital of Peru (1535) (7) |
| MEADE | George Gordon, Union general in the American Civil War who defeated the Confederates at Gettysburg in 1863 (5) |
| DAVIDFARRAGUT | Union admiral who defeated the Confederacy at the Battle of Mobile Bay: 2 wds. |
