| JOHNBUNYAN | Author of The Pilgrim's Progress, published in 1678 (4,6) |
| PILGRIMS | The ____ Progress, Christian allegorical novel by writer John Bunyan published in 1678 (8) |
| POPISHPLOT | Conspiracy fabricated by Titus Oates in 1678 resulting in multiple executions and the Exclusion Bill Crisis (6,4) |
| CHAUCERIAN | In the style of the pilgrims' tales by the way (10) |
| TITUSOATES | English clergyman and conspirator who fabricated the 'Popish Plot' against King Charles II in 1678 (5,5) |
| BUNYAN | Author of The Pilgrim's Progress |
| VANITYFAIR | Year-long festival founded by 'Beezlebub, Apollyon and Legion' in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) (6,4) |
| VERSAILLES | Capital of the Yvelines department in northern France; site of a royal palace built for Louis XIV c. 1661-1678 (10) |
| CHAUCER | Did he write an extended version of 'The Pilgrim's Progress' perhaps? (7) |
| ALLFORLOVE | 1678 play by John Dryden (3,3,4) |
| SLOUGHOFDESPOND | Deep bog lying between the City of Destruction and the Wicket Gate in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) (6,2,7) |
| ABRAHAM | English manufacturer born in 1678 who perfected the smelting of iron with coke instead of charcoal |
| ABRAHAMD | English manufacturer born in 1678 who perfected the smelting of iron with coke instead of charcoal |
| DARBY | English manufacturer born in 1678 who perfected the smelting of iron with coke instead of charcoal (7,5) (See 1A) |
| ABRAHAMDARBY | English manufacturer born in 1678 who perfected the smelting of iron with coke instead of charcoal |
| HOOKE | Robert ___, English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity in 1678 (5) |
| TITUS | English conspirator who fabricated the Popish Plot in 1678 (5,5) |
| OATES | English conspirator who fabricated the Popish Plot in 1678 (5,5) |
| HUDIBRAS | Samuel Butler poem, completed in 1678, that satirises Puritanism (8) |
| LEIDEN | City in the Netherlands that was the residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620 |
