| BREDA | Dutch city where Charles II spent most of his exile in the 1650s (5) |
| OVID | Roman poet who wrote of love in Ars Amatoria, myths in Metamorphoses and lamentations and sorrows of his exile in Tristia (4) |
| ANDERS | Leader of Polish forces in exile in the Second World War (6) |
| CROMWELL | Oliver, English statesman who reputedly banned mince pies in the 1650s (8) |
| GUERNSEY | Channel Island with blue pillar boxes, where Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables during his exile in th |
| MERRYGENTLEMEN | God Rest You ____, ____ traditional Christmas carol thought to date from the 1650s (5,9) |
| GRUB | Which word for food dates back to the 1650s? (4) |
| BILLS | OJ Simpson spent most of his NFL career with which team? (7,5) |
| NEHRU | He spent most of World War II in jail |
| LHASA | City from which the Dalai Lama fled into exile in India in 1959 (5) |
| PARIS | Where Charles Lindbergh flew in the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight |
| LENIN | The revolution in March 1917 found this Bolshevik leader in exile in Switzerland |
| DELFT | Dutch city where the painter Johannes Vermeer was born |
| KNOLL | Mound where Charles met Cromwell? (5) |
| ELGRECO | Nickname of Greek artist Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541-1614, who spent most of his life in Spain (2,5) |
| CLIVEJAMES | Australian author, broadcaster and chat show host, 1939-2019, who spent most of his life in Britain (5,5) |
| PAVIA | Where Charles V defeated Francis I, 1525 |
| PAULS | St. ___ Cathedral (Where Charles married Diana) |
| LILLE | Where Charles de Gaulle was born |
| ANTWERP | Belgian port city where Baroque artist Rubens spent most of his life |