| ARMADA | Great fleet sent by Philip II of Spain against England |
| TITIAN | Italian painter of the Venetian school, patronised by Philip II of Spain (6) |
| ELGRECO | Nickname of the artist commissioned by Philip II of Spain to paint the altarpiece The Martyrdom of St Maurice, who was sacked shortly after its completion (2,5) |
| MARYTUDOR | Queen of England from 1553-58, wife of Philip II of Spain (4,5) |
| THESSALY | Region conquered by Philip II of Macedon |
| ESCORIAL | Palace complex near Madrid created by King Philip II of Spain (8) |
| IBERIA | "___ no ill will" (Philip II to Elizabeth I?) |
| WINCHESTER | Mary I married Philip II of Spain in this cathedral in 1554 |
| OLYMPIAS | Wife of Philip II of Macedonia and mother of Alexander the Great (8) |
| GIBE | Snide comment of Spain against its neighbour (4) |
| MACEDON | Philip II of ___, father of Alexander the Great |
| ADRIAN | 'The List of - Messenger', story by Philip Macdonald filmed by John Huston in 1963 (6) |
| GODWIN | Earl of Wessex who was the father of Harold II of England (6) |
| SPANISHARMADA | Fleet sent against England in 1588 (7,6) |
| ARAGON | The marriage of Ferdinand II of ___ to Isabella I of Castile helped unite 15th-century Spain (6) |
| STUART | Royal house of Mary, Queen of Scots and Mary II of England |
| ANDREW | Second son of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (6) |
| LIGHTS | 1995 fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, Northern _ (6) |
| DARKLY | Animated sci-fi movie based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, A Scanner - (6) |
| CAPOTE | 2006 biopic about a U.S. writer, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman (6) |
