| THEDIVINECOMEDY | Medici? They've done endless wicked Florentine work |
| SINNERS | Bowlers losing power? They've done something wrong! (7) |
| VITRIOL | Small group of players beset by endless wicked malice |
| THEDECAMERON | T. May's predecessor taking on Europe following article in best-selling Florentine work |
| OFFENDERS | They've done wrong by accepting the last tenders |
| OLDFART | Spooner's origami? They've seen it all! (3,4) |
| DUES | Oooo..? They've got to be paid (4) |
| LATECOMERS | Some cartel goes crazy? They've missed the boat! (10) |
| LEGIONS | Roman soldiers in leg-irons? They've no right! (7) |
| GABLEROOFS | Fools barge out? They've got to be pitched, right? (5,5) |
| REEBOKS | Footwear? They've got cloven hooves! (7) |
| CENTURIES | How could they censure it? They've got hundreds! (9) |
| MURDERERS | Her Majesty feeding groups of crows? They've got a taste for blood (9) |
| ABJURERS | Jack meets loveless Jo on surer ground? They've made a solemn retraction |
| BILLIONS | What do we have to pay? They've been charged a hell of a lot! (8) |
| LORENZO | Florentine ruler, - de' Medici, the Magnificent |
| COSIMO | ___ de' Medici, who founded the Medici dynasty |
| BOTTICELLI | Florentine painter who worked for the Medici family throughout most of his life; his works include Primavera and a depiction of a goddess standing in a scallop shell in The Birth of Venus (10) |
| LIPPI | Florentine painter who created The Annunciation and its pendant Seven Saints for the Medici palace, and frescoes in the Prato cathedral (5) |
| PITTI | Ambitious Florentine banker whose commission of a landmark palace to outshine the palazzo of his rivals, the Medici, ironically became a symbol of their enduring reign (5) |
