| CONFESSOR | Edward the ___ |
| ELDER | Edward the ___; son of Alfred the Great who was king of Wessex from 899-924 (5) |
| EMU | "Edward the ___" (Sheena Knowles book about a large bird) |
| JOAN | Known as the Fair Maid of Kent, the forename of the wife of Edward the Black Prince who was the mother of Richard II (4) |
| ETHELRED | Name shared by the elder brother of Alfred the Great, and the 'Unready' half-brother of Edward the Martyr (8) |
| POITIERS | The site of a battle in 1356 in which Edward, the Black Prince, defeated the French (8) |
| ABBEY | Westminster -; Gothic church containing the shrine of St Edward the Confessor that has been the setting of every coronation since 1066(5) |
| OLDKINGCOUPLE | Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor? |
| DICTATOR | By the sound of it Richard has overcome King Edward the Tyrant (8) |
| CONQUEST | Major turning point in English history, stemming from events that unfolded a decade earlier during the reign of Edward the Confessor (6,8) |
| NORMAN | Major turning point in English history, stemming from events that unfolded a decade earlier during the reign of Edward the Confessor (6,8) |
| DOWNER | A sad thing, the end of Edward the Confessor? |
| ABDICATOR | Edward the VIII? A British tyrant half the time! |
| EADRED | One of the 16 children of Edward the Elder who ruled as king of England from 946 until his death in 955 (6) |
| HAROLD | - Godwinson; king who ruled England between Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror (6) |
| LEAR | Edward -, The Owl and the Pussycat poet (4) |
| CMI | Third year in the reign of Edward the Elder |
| CMII | Year in the reign of Edward the Elder |
| ISLIP | Village in Oxfordshire that was the birthplace of Edward the Confessor (5) |
| DAVID | Edward the Second very keen to be second king of the Israelites (5) |
