| DARNLEY | Lord ---, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and father of James I (7) |
| STUART | Henry -, Lord Darnley; second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and the father of James I and VI of Scotland (6) |
| SQUIRES | Members of a royal house including James I, Mary, Queen of Scots and Anne (7) |
| DENMARK | Anne of ____ , wife of James I of England and one of the targets of the Gunpowder Plot (7) |
| ZEBEDEE | Biblical father of James and John, two disciples of Jesus (7) |
| STUARTS | Royal family of James I and Charles I |
| JACOBUS | English gold coin minted during the reign of James I (7) |
| ALPHEUS | Father of James, fantastic help down under (7) |
| ONASSIS | Second husband of Jacqueline Kennedy (7) |
| BOTHWELL | James Hepburn, Earl of ---, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (8) |
| JAMESI | Son of Mary, Queen of Scots and king of England and Ireland from 1603 until his death in 1625 (5,1) |
| ANTONIAFRASER | Historical biographer of Mary Queen of Scots and Oliver Cromwell, who also created Jemima Shore, the investigative journalist (7,6) |
| FRASER | Antonia ---, biographer of Mary, Queen of Scots and Marie Antoinette |
| GEORGEBUCHANAN | Killearn-born tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI (6,8) |
| EARLOFBOTHWELL | Third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, d. 1578 in Denmark (4,2,8) |
| GODWIN | William ---, the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft and father of Mary Shelley (6) |
| EDINBURGHCASTLE | Fortified site that was the birthplace of James I of England and James VI of Scotland in 1566 (9,6) |
| EDISON | Father of James and Michael Bailey in Coronation Street, and soon to welcome daughter Dee Dee home (6) |
| OWEN | and 17ac, Welsh courtier; reputed second husband of Catherine of Valois |
| MARCH | A city in central Scotland on the River Tay, location of the assassination of James I of Scotland in 1437 (5) |
