| RIZZIO | David, personal secretary to Mary Queen of Scots who was assassinated in 1566 (6) |
| STUART | Family name of Mary, Queen of Scots who was confined for 19 years by her cousin Elizabeth I before her execution at Fotheringhay Castle (6) |
| JAMESIV | Stuart king of the Scots who was married to Henry VIIs daughter Margaret Tudor and died in defeat at |
| SETON | One of the ladies-in-waiting of Mary Queen of Scots (who collectively were known as the Four Marys) |
| JAMES | First name of the son of Mary, Queen of Scots who succeeded Elizabeth I (5) |
| BEATON | Mary ----, lady-in-waiting to Mary Queen of Scots (6) |
| LENNON | Member of the Beatles who was assassinated in 1980, John _ (6) |
| CAESAR | The Roman statesman who was assassinated in 44 BC, Julius _ (6) |
| LUTHER | Martin _ King Jr, US civil rights activist who was assassinated in 1968 (6) |
| DONALD | Scot who was in charge of the 19thc Jack the Ripper investigations (6,7) |
| INDIRA | Prime Minister Gandhi who was assassinated in 1984 |
| DAVIDRIZZIO | 16th-century Italian courtier who was murdered in 1566; the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots (5,6) |
| MARMALADE | Name, mistakenly attributed to "Mary is ill", in allusion to Mary Queen of Scots's citrus conserve when she was convalescing in bed, of an originally sweet "honey apple" quince spread, now a Seville o |
| AWAKEN | Rouse Scots who are gone, you know (6) |
| CURRIE | President Clinton's personal secretary Betty __ |
| MARTIN | Hitler's personal secretary, ... Bormann |
| GUISE | Mary of ___: French noblewoman who married Scotland's King James V, mother to Mary, Queen of Scots (5) |
| LANGSIDE | Site of the last battle of forces loyal to Mary Queen of Scots before her exile to England (8) |
| MOTHERINLAW | Relation of Catherine de Medici to Mary, Queen of Scots (6-2-3) |
| EDINBURGHCASTLE | Fortified site that was the birthplace of James I of England and James VI of Scotland in 1566 (9,6) |
