| CORTEZ | He burned his own ships in 1519 to keep his soldiers from fleeing |
| PEPSICOLA | *Michael Jackson burned his hair while filming an ad for this soda |
| TRAPS | Prevents from fleeing |
| AZTEC | The capital city of this empire, Tenochtitlan, was founded in 1325 CE and lasted until the empire's fall in 1519 to Spanish conquistador Hern¡n Cortes. (5) |
| LEEKS | Alliums which, according to legend, became national Welsh symbols after Cadwaladr ordered his soldiers to wear them as identification during battle (5) |
| ASHE | He burned up the courts in the 70's |
| CARDIGAN | He famously charged for his soldiers' clothing (8) |
| ARSIT | He burned (lit. on fire but also metaph. consumed by any emotion) |
| MUSKETEER | Steer emu awkwardly round king and his soldier (9) |
| JEROMEFLYNN | English actor who had success as a singer with his Soldier Soldier co-star Robson Green |
| MAGELLAN | Portuguese explorer who died before one remaining ship from his fleet completed the first voyage round the world in 1519-22 (8) |
| AZTECS | Native American people dominant in Mexico until its conquest by Cortes in 1519 |
| EGEUS | Character in A Midsummer Night's Dream who tries to keep his daughter, Hermia, from marrying Lysander (5) |
| STABLE | Bleats about needing a place to keep his horse in (6) |
| PANAMACITY | Capital city of Panama, founded in 1519 (6,4) |
| JOHNCHEESE | The father of a certain Monty Python member (he changed one letter in the family name to keep his kids from being laughed at ... didn't work, though) |
| BOOKMARKER | Obadiah, for example, without right used this to keep his place |
| LOCKER | Turnkey has a place to keep his things (6) |
| SEE | What the bishop has to keep his eye on (3) |
| THEWICKERMAN | Sergeant Howie had to keep his appointment with it (3,6,3) |
