| BANQUO | Father of Fleance in Shakespeare's Macbeth (6) |
| MACBETH | Play with Banquo and Fleance (7) |
| DUNCAN | Which king is killed in Shakespeare's Macbeth? (6) |
| GLAMIS | - Castle; setting of Shakespeare's Macbeth, childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and birthplace of Princess Margaret (6) |
| DUNSINANE | Hill near the village of Collace in Perthshire mentioned in Shakespeare's Macbeth |
| NEWT | 'Eye of -', part of an incantation from the witches in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (4) |
| MACDUFF | The Thane of Fife in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (7) |
| DONALBAIN | The younger son of King Duncan in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (9) |
| FLEANCE | Son of Banquo in Shakespeare's Macbeth (7) |
| MALCOLM | Elder son of the murdered King Duncan in Shakespeare's Macbeth (1606) |
| EYE | Part of a newt required by the witches in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (3) |
| THANEOFLOCHABER | Banquo's title in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (5,2,8) |
| MILKOFHUMANKINDNESS | Idiom used in Shakespeare's Macbeth to describe compassion (4,2,5,8) |
| OUTDAMNEDSPOTOUTISAY | Quote from Shakespeare's Macbeth, from Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene (3,6,4,3,1,3) |
| THANE | In Scotland, the title of a man who held lands from the king, such as Shakespeare's Macbeth (5) |
| COMES | 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury, the second book in his Green Town Trilogy, whose title comes from Shakespeare's Macbeth (9,6,4,3,5) |
| THISWAY | 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury, the second book in his Green Town Trilogy, whose title comes from Shakespeare's Macbeth (9,6,4,3,5) |
| SOMETHINGWICKED | 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury, the second book in his Green Town Trilogy, whose title comes from Shakespeare's Macbeth (9,6,4,3,5) |
| SCOTLAND | Setting of Shakespeare's Macbeth (8) |
| TOLDBYAFOOL | (Life) is a tale _ _ _ _, full of sound and fury signifying nothing: Shakespeare's Macbeth (4,2,1,4) |