| CULPEPER | Nicholas ___, author of the 17th century Complete Herbal (8) |
| WYCHERLEY | William, author of the 17th Century play The Gentleman Dancing-Master (9) |
| BUNYAN | Progressive author of the 17th century? (6) |
| CRUCIBLE | The ---, 1953 play by Arthur Miller set during the Salem witch trials of the 17th Century (8) |
| CAROLEAN | A function in prison of the 17th century (8) |
| INDIAMAN | Sailing ship of the 17th to 19th centuries engaged in trade with the East or West Indies (8) |
| MONSARRAT | Nicholas ___, author of the novels Castle Garac and The White Rajah (9) |
| CARR | Nicholas ___, author of the 2010 best seller "The Shallows" |
| SARABAND | A slow stately Spanish dance, of the 17th and 18th centuries |
| SPARKS | Nicholas _, author of the 1999 novel A Walk To Remember (6) |
| USSENATE | Subj. of the 17th Amendment |
| DONJUAN | Protagonist of the 17th-century Spanish play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra ("The Seducer of Seville and the Stone Guest"), attributed to Tirso de Molina (3,4) |
| HILLIARD | Nicholas ___, Elizabethan goldsmith and painter who raised the art of miniature portraiture to its highest level (8) |
| NICKLEBY | Nicholas ____, novel by Dickens that inspired the musical Smike (8) |
| CRAVAT | Type of neckwear named after Slavic mercenaries of the 17th century |
| DODOS | Extinct birds found on Mauritius until the end of the 17th century (5) |
| MOLIERE | Leading French comic dramatist of the 17th century |
| KIDD | Captain William ___ (Legendary Scottish sailor of the 17th-century) |
| ENLIGHTENMENT | Intellectual movement of the 17th century (13) |
| BLAISE | First name of the 17th century French mathematician Pascal (6) |
