| IVANTHETERRIBLE | Grand Prince of Moscow 1533-1584, who expanded Russia's borders (4,3,8) |
| IVANIV | Grand Prince of Moscow, known 'the Terrible,' who became the first Tsar of Russia in 1547 |
| EMMANUELCOLLEGE | Constituent part of the University of Cambridge founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I |
| IVAN | Name of a number of grand princes of Moscow, the first reigning from around 1328- 40 (4) |
| IVANI | Fourteenth-century grand prince of Moscow whose financial acumen earned him the nickname "Moneybag" (4,1) |
| SIRFRANCISBACON | He entered parliament in 1584 |
| IVANIII | Grand prince of Muscovy who freed Russia from the Golden Horde (4,1,1,1) |
| TSAR | Grand Prince of Moscow's successor |
| IGOR | Andre left the Rio Grande with the grand prince of Kiev (4) |
| ENEADEPICCOLOMINI | What are the first and last birth names of Pope Pius II, who wrote Commentaries (1584) |
| EMMANUEL | Constituent college of Cambridge University founded in 1584 |
| MURMANSK | Largest city north of the Arctic Circle, near Russia's borders with Norway and Finland (8) |
| UKRAINE | This country abuts Russia's borders in east |
| DIASPORA | Exiles observed returning quietly over Russia's borders |
| CHARMING | 21 meets fashionable Grand Prince |
| CRANMER | Thomas ____ was Archbishop of Canterbury 1533-1555 and edited the Book of Common Prayer |
| ATAHUALPA | The last emperor of the Incas, who was executed by the Spanish in 1533 |
| PIZARRO | Francisco ---, Spanish conqueror of Peru who executed the Inca king in 1533 (7) |
| ARCHANGEL | Port city in north-west Russia (pop about 350,000), founded in 1584 (9) |
| CUZCO | City of southern Peru; capital of the Inca Empire until the Spanish conquest in 1533 (5) |