| CARPINI | John of Plano ___, Franciscan friar and traveller in the Mongol empire |
| MARCOPOLO | Venetian merchant and explorer noted for his travels in the Mongol empire (5,4) |
| TEXAN | Resident of Plano or Llano |
| OCKHAM | William of Franciscan friar and philosopher who died in 1349 (6) |
| SAN | 1967 Animals hit "___ Franciscan Nights" |
| ANTHONIOFPADUA | Portuguese Franciscan friar and saint (1195-1231) whose name is traditionally invoked when searching for lost items (7,2,5) |
| YOGHURT | Curdled food and cooked hog in the Mongol home (7) |
| KUBLAIKHAN | Khagan of the Mongol Empire; founder of the Yuan dynasty in China |
| KHAN | Genghis and Kublai were the first and last rulers of the Mongol Empire to have this title |
| GOLDENHORDE | The 13th-century Kipchat Khanate established in the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire which was initially ruled by Batu Khan, Genghis Khan's grandson (6,5) |
| TEMUJIN | Founder of the Mongol empire, who adopted the name Genghis Khan (said to mean 'ruler of all') in 1206 (7) |
| GENGHISKHAN | The founder, ruler and emperor of the Mongol Empire (7,4) |
| MCC | VI years before the advent of the Mongol Empire |
| KARAKORUM | City founded by Genghis Khan in 1220; subsequently capital of the Mongol Empire (9) |
| METEORITE | The "space traveller" in the name of an island in Baffin Bay |
| MAINSAIL | One lies in the heart of man, ails awfully and moves travellers in the deep (8) |
| GENGHIS | Leader of the Mongol empire which stretched from China to Europe, ... Khan |
| RENNIE | Michael, actor who played the space traveller in the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still (6) |
| GENETICS | German friar and scientist Gregor Mendel is known as the father of ___, thanks to his pea plant experiments which established the rules of heredity |
| MENDEL | Moravian friar and biologist, founder of the modern science of genetics (6) |
