| PIENZA | In the 15th century, Pope Pius II commissioned the architect Bernardo Rossellino to transform his native village of Corsignano into the town of this name in Tuscany. Rossellino's buildings and his tow |
| MUHAMMADALI | Boxer Cassius Clay joined the Black Muslims in 1964 after winning the world title and changed his na |
| ALCOCK | Within days of their pioneering non-stop flight across the Atlantic in 1919, this aviator and his na |
| ENEADEPICCOLOMINI | What are the first and last birth names of Pope Pius II, who wrote Commentaries (1584) |
| ALCHEMIST | Does he transform his metal, adding in lead in coalescence? (9) |
| PIUSII | 15th century pope |
| SAND | *sandman can transform his body into this |
| THEODORO | Greek principality in the Crimean peninsula, conquered by the Ottomans in the 15th century (8) |
| COSIMODEMEDICI | Banker who used his vast fortune to control the Florentine political system in the 15th century |
| CODPIECE | Pouch in the crotch of men's breeches in the 15th century (8) |
| BORGIA | Italo-Spanish family which produced two popes in the 15th Century, patrons of the arts who helped the Renaissance (6) |
| HUSSARS | Originally, the soldiers of cavalry in Hungary in the 15th Century (7) |
| SOVEREIGN | British gold coin originally minted in the 15th century and still being produced in 2008 |
| RHEIMS | City in north- east France (pop about 185,000), with a cathedral built in the 15th century (6) |
| LANCASTER | The royal house that provided three kings of England in the 15th Century (9) |
| STANDREWS | Scottish university founded in the 15th century where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge studied (2,7) |
| INTARSIA | A form of wood inlay work developed in Italy in the 15th century (8) |
| HUSSAR | Term for a member of a light cavalry regiment, originally used in Hungary in the 15th century (6) |
| YOGH | Middle English letter resembling a 3, largely superseded by the digraph gh in the 15th century (4) |
| MORRISDANCING | Form of rhythmic stepping which originated in England in the 15th Century (6,7) |
