| NABONIDUS | Last native king of Babylon, overthrown by Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC (9) |
| CROESUS | King of Lydia renowned for wealth, overthrown by Cyrus the Great (7) |
| BELSHAZZAR | Last king of Babylon before its capture by Cyrus in 539 BC |
| ESTHER | Queen of Persia, in the Bible |
| DARIUS | King of Persia in Daniel 6 (6) |
| HAMMURABI | King of Babylon who became the first king of the Babylonian Empire following the abdication of his father, Sin-Muballit |
| PERSIA | Empire created by Cyrus The Great, later conquered by Alexander The Great (6) |
| DISTEFANO | Alfredo ---, Real Madrid great of the 1950s and 60s |
| MANIFESTA | Clear and obvious; ____ res est, Pl. Most. 539 |
| BACTRIA | Ancient region spanning parts of modem Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, probably subdued in the sixth century BC by Persian king Cyrus the Great (7) |
| ABEDNEGO | In the Book of Daniel, one of three men thrown into a fiery pit for refusing to bow to an image of the king of Babylon (8) |
| EZRA | Book that tells of the reign of Cyrus the Great |
| PERSIAN | Cyrus the Great ruled this empire, which extended from the Aegean Sea eastward to the Indus River. (7) |
| IVAN | _ III the Great of Russia - (Great Prince of Musoovy) (4) |
| TRAETTA | Tommaso ___, Italian composer of the Neapolitan School who served as music director for Catherine the Great of Russia from 1768 to 1775 |
| LLEWELYN | - ap Gruffydd; killed near Builth in 1282, the last native Prince of Wales (8) |
| PESHAWAR | Large city in Pakistan (pop over 2.3 million), dating from at least 539 BC (8) |
| PYRAMID | Great - of Giza; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (7) |
| STASTNY | "Peter the Great" of the NHL |
| OWAINGLYNDWR | The last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales |
