| MARATHA | Empire of Chhatrapati Shivaji |
| CHHAAVA | Which Marathi historical novel by Shivaji Sawant narrates the life of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, the son of Shivaji Maharaj? (7) |
| RAJMATA | Honorific used for Jijau, mother of Shivaji |
| CID | Indian police procedural television series starring Shivaji Satam |
| MARATHAS | Shivaji and his descendants? (8) |
| SASSANID | Ancient Persian empire of the 3rd to 7th century A.D. also called the Empire of Iranians (8) |
| SAMMENDES | Director of "Empire of Light" |
| BALLARD | Author of Empire of the Sun, d. 2009 (7) |
| GOTHS | The empire of which Germanic people of Scandinavian origin was destroyed by the Huns? (5) |
| JGBALLARD | Author of the novels Empire of the Sun and Crash |
| MENDES | Sam, director of 1917, two Bond films and Empire Of Light (6) |
| COLMAN | Olivia _, star of recent movie Empire Of Light (6) |
| MICHEAL | _ Ward, star of the films Blue Story and Empire of Light (7) |
| ANNAM | Former kingdom and empire of Indochina, now part of Vietnam (5) |
| AACHEN | City and spa in Germany; northern capital of the empire of Charlemagne |
| KINDNESS | The ____ Of Women, 1991 sequel by J.G. Ballard to his novel Empire Of The Sun (8) |
| ACKER | Kathy, author of 1988's Empire of the Senseless (5) |
| ASSYRIA | Ancient empire of West Asia which developed around the city of Ashur (7) |
| ANTS | "Empire of the ___" (1977 sci-fi movie) |
| SUN | "Empire of the ___" (1987 Spielberg film) |
