| LAWES | Henry ___ (17th-century English composer) |
| PURCELL | Henry _, 17th-century English Baroque composer who wrote the Christmas anthem Behold, I Bring You Glad Tidings (7) |
| TRADESCANT | John ___, 17th-century English botanist and horticulturalist (10) |
| KETCH | Jack _,17th-century English executioner (5) |
| LOCKE | John ___, 17th-century English philosopher (5) |
| QUARLES | Francis ___, 17th-century English poet who wrote 'A Feast for Worms' |
| GWYN | Nell ___ (17th-century English actress who was King charles II's mistress) |
| MILTON | John _, 17th-century English poet famed for writing Paradise Lost (6) |
| DAVENANT | Sir William ___, 17th-century English poet and playwright buried in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey |
| MARVELL | Andrew ___, 17th-century English metaphysical poet whose works include To His Coy Mistress (7) |
| DOWLAND | 16th-17th century English composer (Lachrymae) |
| HENRY | 17th-century English composer whose works include the opera Dido and Aeneas and the masque The Fairy-Queen (5,7) |
| CROMWELL | Oliver _, 17th-century statesman who led armies against Charles I during the English Civil War (8) |
| LIMA | Saint Rose of ___ (17th-century South American saint) |
| STEEN | Jan ___ (17th-century Dutch painter) |
| TASMAN | Abel ___, 17th-century Dutch navigator who circumnavigated Australia (6) |
| PEPYS | Samuel ___: 17th century Londoner who wrote a famous diary. (5) |
| BLAISE | Pascal ___ (17th-century French mathematician) |
| KIDD | Captain ___ (17th-century Scottish pirate) |
| DESCARTES | Rene _, 17th-century French philosopher and mathematician (9) |
