| WELLESLEY | Arthur ---, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman (9) |
| COLONELBLOOD | Irish soldier and adventurer who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels in 1671 (7,5) |
| CONNAUGHT | Son of Queen Victoria who was Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916: Prince Arthur, 1st Duke |
| NEWCASTLE | Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of -, prime minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762 (9) |
| IRON | The ____ Duke, nickname of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington (4) |
| ARTHURWELLESLEY | Actual name of the 1st Duke of Wellington (6,9) |
| IRONDUKE | Nickname of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (4,4) |
| GUINEVERE | (GKN) Wife of the legendary King Arthur, first appearing in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Begum Britanniae (c. 1136) (9) |
| IRREGULAR | Big guns and pistol turned over by Irish soldier |
| ALDERSHOT | Town in Hampshire with a large statue of the Duke of Wellington that was originally situated in Hyde Park (9) |
| KITCHENER | Herbert --, British soldier and statesman (9) |
| LAFAYETTE | Marquis de --, French soldier and statesman who fought for the colonists in the American War of Independence (2,7) |
| PAKENHAM | Kitty, woman who married the 1st Duke of Wellington in Dublin in 1806 (8) |
| APSLEY | ____ House, home of the first Duke of Wellington by London's Hyde Park Corner (6) |
| INCORRECT | Irish soldiers at front of court, keeping officer out |
| SALAMANCA | Spanish town where, in July 1812, the Duke of Wellington at decisively defeated a French army (9) |
| WILDGEESE | Name given to Irish soldiers who served in continental European armies from the 17th Century on. (4,5) |
| JOHNOFGAUNT | The 1st Duke of Lancaster; son of Edward III and father of Henry IV (4,2,5) |
| ARABELLACHURCHILL | Elder sister of 1st Duke of Marlborough (8,9) |
| GAUNT | John of _, 1st Duke of Lancaster; father of Henry IV (5) |
