| CHARLEMAGNE | King of the Franks 768-814 and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor 800-814 (11) |
| CHARLESTHEGREAT | King of the Franks (768-814) |
| PEPINTHESHORT | Who was the father of Charlemagne, deposed Childeric III in 751 and, as King of the Franks, began the Carolingian dynasty? (5,3,5) |
| SOISSONS | Town in Picardy, captured by the king of the Franks, Clovis I, in 486 (8) |
| NEUSTRIA | What was the western part of the kingdom of the Franks, roughly equivalent to what is now northern France? (8) |
| ANTOINETTE | Most famous daughter of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (5,10) |
| MARIE | Most famous daughter of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (5,10) |
| CLOVIS | First king of the Franks (A.D. 481) |
| CHICAGO | Third-largest city of the United States; subject of the Frank Sinatra standard 'My Kind of Town' (7) |
| FRANCIS | ... I, Holy Roman Emperor 1745-1765 (7) |
| OTTO | ? I, Holy Roman Emperor from 962-73 (4) |
| LEOPOLD | --- I, Holy Roman Emperor 1658-1705 (7) |
| LOTHAIR | ? I, Holy Roman Emperor from 840-55 |
| LOUIS | Name shared by eighteen kings of France, the first reigning from 814-40 and the last from 1814-24 (5) |
| REMI | The Apostle of the Franks |
| CORNELL | 'The First Lady of the Theatre', as Charles II said, eyeing up his mistress's oranges? (7) |
| AFTERALL | Song by The Frank and Walters that reached number 11 in the UK singles chart in 1993 (5,3) |
| SALICLAW | Legal code of the Franks |
| SALIC | Ancient civil code of the Franks, ___ Law |
| STPETE | Guinness record holder for the U.S. city with the most consecutive days of sun (768), informally |
