| SCOURGE | Nickname given to Hunnish King Attila (7,2,3) |
| OFGOD | Nickname given to Hunnish King Attila (7,2,3) |
| FARMERGEORGE | Nickname given to King George III because of his interest in agriculture (6,6) |
| OLDIRONSIDES | Nickname given to Oliver Cromwell (3,9) |
| ATTILA | Hunnish king called the "Scourge of God" (6) |
| BARBARIZED | Made Hunnish |
| BOMBER | The nickname given to Sir Arthur Harris, Second World War commander of flight missions to Germany (6) |
| PUCELAGE | Obsolete word for virginity or maidenhood, related to a nickname given to Joan of Arc |
| TOKYOROSE | Nickname given to the Japanese broadcaster (actually several different women) of propaganda to Allied troops in the Second World War (5,4) |
| LIONHEART | The ___ , nickname given to King Richard I because of his military prowess (9) |
| LACKLAND | Nickname given to King John, derived from him having no obvious inheritance (8) |
| KAISERBILL | Nickname given to Queen Victoria's grandson Wilhelm, German emperor and king of Prussia (6,4) |
| LONGSHANKS | Nickname given to Edward I, king of England from 1272-1307 (10) |
| TITAN | Nickname given to Mahler's Symphony No. 1 |
| LADYDAY | Nickname given to Billie Holiday (4,3) |
| DUTCH | Childhood nickname given to Ronald Reagan by his father (5) |
| PAGAN | The nickname given to Morse at school (5) |
| CITY | Nickname given to Cape Town, South Africa (6,4) |
| SON | Nickname given to Britain's one-time favourite carp? (6) |
| BEN | Nickname given to Britain's one-time favourite carp? (6) |
