| URIEL | Angel in Jewish apocryphal writings described in Milton's Paradise Lost as 'Regent of the Sun' (5) |
| SATAN | Figure first described in Milton's "Paradise Lost" as "the Arch-Enemy" |
| AZRAEL | Angel in Jewish and Islamic mythology who severs the soul from the body at death (6) |
| PANDEMONIUM | Capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost (11) |
| ADAM | Figure in Milton's "Paradise Lost" |
| EDEN | Garden in Milton's "Paradise Lost" |
| REGENCY | In England, the period during which the Prince of Wales acted as regent for his father George III (7) |
| WILLIAM | 1st Earl of Pembroke; regent of the nine-year-old Henry III (7,7) |
| ANNEOFFRANCE | Eldest daughter of Louis XI; acted as regent during the minority of her brother Charles VIII (4,2,6) |
| SOPHIA | Regent of Russia who, in 1689, was forced to step down in favour of her half-brother Peter I (6) |
| LOUISE | --- of Savoy, mother of King Francis I and regent of France in 1515, 1525-26 and 1529 (6) |
| EPICPOEM | Echo US writer describing film, original of Milton's Paradise Lost ? (4,4) |
| MARYOFGUISE | Wife of James V of Scotland, who ruled as regent (1554-1560) |
| ISABELLA | French wife of English king Edward II, whom she deposed and succeeded as regent in 1326 (8) |
| EVE | Woman featured in John Milton's Paradise Lost |
| GEORGEIV | Monarch who served as regent to his clinically insane father before assuming the throne |
| MARSHAL | William, regent of England for the nine-year-old Henry III (7) |
| EPOS | Milton's "Paradise Lost," e.g. |
| EPIC | Milton's "Paradise Lost," for one |
| STAFFSERGEANT | Pole as regent is replaced by soldier (5,8) |
