| CHARLEMAGNE | King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, d. 814 (11) |
| SARALEE | Food giant that owns Ball Park Franks and Hillshire Farm |
| OTTOI | German king and Holy Roman emperor known as "the Great": 2 wds. |
| LOTHAIR | German king and Holy Roman emperor who died in 1137 (7) |
| AFTERALL | Song by The Frank and Walters that reached number 11 in the UK singles chart in 1993 (5,3) |
| 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) |
| CHARLESTHEGREAT | King of the Franks (768-814) |
| SOISSONS | Town in Picardy, captured by the king of the Franks, Clovis I, in 486 (8) |
| CLOVIS | First king of the Franks (A.D. 481) |
| PEPIN | Carolingian king of the Franks from 751 to 768, known as the Short (5) |
| NEUSTRIA | What was the western part of the kingdom of the Franks, roughly equivalent to what is now northern France? (8) |
| CHICAGO | Third-largest city of the United States; subject of the Frank Sinatra standard 'My Kind of Town' (7) |
| EMPS | Roman and Holy Roman: abbr. |
| NERO | Notorious Roman emperor, d. AD 68 (4) |
| CALIGULA | Notoriously cruel Roman emperor, d. AD 24 (8) |
| REMI | The Apostle of the Franks |
| EMPIRES | Ottoman and Holy Roman |
| SALIC | Ancient civil code of the Franks, ___ Law |
| TRAJAN | Roman Emperor, d. 117 (6) |
| SALICLAW | Legal code of the Franks |
