| WOLFHALL | Hilary Mantel's fictional account of the life of Thomas Cromwell (4,4) |
| REDRIVER | 1948 Howard Hawks Western giving a fictional account of the first cattle drive along the Chisholm Trail |
| CROMWELL | Historical subject of Hilary Mantel's 2009 novel "Wolf Hall" |
| CHARISMA | Characteristic of the life of the party |
| HOWARD | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| CATHERINE | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| RICH | Henry VIII's minister who played a key role in the trials of Sir Thomas More and John Fisher as well as the downfall of Sir Thomas Cromwell and the dissolution of the monasteries (4) |
| THORNHILL | Dorset-born painter in the Baroque manner whose grisaille murals of the life of St Paul, in the dome of the cathedral dedicated to said apostle, can be viewed from the Whispering Gallery designed by S |
| SIAM | English governess Anna Leonowens was made famous by the fictional account of her 19th century sojour |
| HALL | Wolf -; Hilary Mantel's historical novel chronicling Thomas Cromwell's rise to power (4) |
| MANTEL | Hilary a"; English author of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy including Wolf Hall and The Mirror and the Light (6) |
| HOLBEIN | Artist who painted portraits of Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII, several of the latter's wives and other prominent figures at the Tudor court (7) |
| PRAIRIE | Michael Landon was the star of TV's 1970s tale of the life of homesteaders, Little House On The ... |
| THOMASCROMWELL | Adviser to King Henry VIII; the protagonist of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels (6,8) |
| ROSTAND | Edmond ____'s 1897 play was the first fictionalisation of the life of Cyrano de Bergerac |
| CROWN | The -, dramatisation of the life of Queen Elizabeth II (5) |
| WOLF | Hilary Mantel's best-selling 2009 Man Booker prize winner, ... Hall |
| WYATT | Poet featured in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy |
| THEPASSION | Fox live musical about the final hours of the life of Jesus, airing tonight: 2 wds. |
| ODELL | Digby "Digger" ___ of "The Life of Riley" |
