| PORTOLANO | Navigation manual used in the Middle Ages (9) |
| KEYBOARDS | Manuals used by typists (9) |
| LAPISLAZULI | Semi-precious stone prized since antiquity for its blue color, it was also used in the Middle Ages to make the expensive ultramarine pigment prized by artists (5,6) |
| TABOR | Small drum used in the Middle Ages to accompany folk-dancing (5) |
| RACK | Instrument of torture used in the Middle Ages (4) |
| SAUCER | Piece of tableware, used in the Middle Ages for serving condiments |
| IRONMAIDEN | Torture device, supposedly used in the Middle Ages |
| LONGBOW | Weapon used in the Middle Ages (7) |
| HURDYGURDY | Portable mechanical musical instrument widely used in the Middle Ages (5-5) |
| SAMITE | Heavy fabric of silk used in the Middle Ages for clothing (6) |
| ROD | Unit of length used in the Middle Ages (3) |
| LEA | Green field used in the Middle Ages (3) |
| KINGSLYNN | Market town in Norfolk at the mouth of the Great Ouse; a leading port in the Middle Ages (5,4) |
| MEDIAEVAL | The press took enviable odds in the Middle Ages (9) |
| KOHL | Black cosmetic used in the Middle East and North Africa to darken the edge of the eyes (4) |
| TREBUCHET | Type of catapult used as a siege engine in the Middle Ages (9) |
| ORIFLAMME | Scarlet flag adopted as the national banner of France in the Middle Ages (9) |
| ADVENTURE | Based on the Latin for "about to happen", word meaning chance in the Middle Ages, later danger, enterprise, risk or a daring and exciting exploit (9) |
| AQUITAINE | French region that was an English possession in the Middle Ages (9) |
| SCIMITAR | Curved sword originally used in the Middle East |
