| MARTEL | Charles ___, grandfather of Charlemagne who was Frankish ruler of Austrasia who defeated the Moors at Poitiers in 732 |
| CHARLESMARTEL | Frankish ruler of Austrasia from 715 to 741; grandfather of Charlemagne (7,6) |
| DOUGLAS | Tommy ___ (Grandfather of Kiefer Sutherland who was Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961) |
| ROLAND | One of the 12 peers in attendance on Charlemagne who died in battle at Roncesvalles in 778 A.D. (6) |
| TABULAR | Name of flat-topped hills on southern edge of North York Moors - a brutal formation (7) |
| DOCKS | Moors a boat |
| METAMORPHOSIS | Change encountered, moors a ship awkwardly |
| TIESUP | Moors (a vessel) (4,2) |
| EINHARD | Frankish historian noted for the Vita Karoli Magni, a biography of Charlemagne (7) |
| PEPINTHESHORT | Who was the father of Charlemagne, deposed Childeric III in 751 and, as King of the Franks, began the Carolingian dynasty? (5,3,5) |
| PEPIN | The Short was the father of Charlemagne and founder of the Carolingian dynasty (5) |
| ROLLO | Norse chieftain made the first duke of Normandy in 911 by arrangement with the Frankish king Charles the Simple (5) |
| HORATIONELSON | British admiral who defeated the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar: 2 wds. |
| DAVIDFARRAGUT | Union admiral who defeated the Confederacy at the Battle of Mobile Bay: 2 wds. |
| CHESTERNIMITZ | American admiral who defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Midway: 2 wds. |
| THEGREAT | King of Wessex and overlord of England who defeated the Danes in 878 (6,3,5) |
| ALFRED | King of Wessex and overlord of England who defeated the Danes in 878 (6,3,5) |
| PIZARRO | Francisco ___, Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca empire (1533) and founded Lima as the new capital of Peru (1535) (7) |
| TAMERLANE | Founder of the Timurid Empire who defeated the Turks at Angora in 1402 (9) |
| HOLYROMANEMPIRE | Complex of European countries under the rule of a Frankish or German king (4,5,6) |
