| IRONSIDES | Oliver Cromwell (9) |
| ROUNDHEAD | Oliver Cromwell supporter (9) |
| PROTECTOR | Lord ---, title borne by Oliver Cromwell as head of state 1653-58 (9) |
| MINCEPIES | Festive dried fruit, spice and pastry confections that were traditionally savoury; the eating of which on Christmas Day, according to a myth about Oliver Cromwell, is illegal (5,4) |
| LUNENBURG | The Old Town of this place in southeastern Nova Scotia was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995. Its site was originally inhabited by First Nations peoples, but Oliver Cromwell handed it ov |
| LORDPROTECTOR | Oliver Cromwell, defender of the aristocracy? |
| SEYS | Attorney General under Oliver Cromwell |
| REGICIDE | Oliver Cromwell, for instance (8) |
| PURITAN | Oliver Cromwell follower |
| HUNTINGDON | Birthplace of Oliver Cromwell (10) |
| NOLL | "Old ___", Oliver Cromwell (4) |
| LELY | Peter ---, 17th Century Dutch-English artist who painted Oliver Cromwell "warts and all" (4) |
| IRETON | Henry, English Parliamentarian general and son-inlaw of Oliver Cromwell (6) |
| IRONSIDE | Nickname for a strong man, such as Oliver Cromwell |
| ANDALL | A last drawn line initially exposed such an unprepossessing portrait of Oliver Cromwell (5,3,3) |
| WARTS | A last drawn line initially exposed such an unprepossessing portrait of Oliver Cromwell (5,3,3) |
| NASEBY | Village in Northamptonshire; site of a 1645 victory for Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War |
| MINCEPIE | Christmas food reportedly banned by Oliver Cromwell to tackle gluttony (5,3) |
| WARTSANDALL | What instruction by Oliver Cromwell to his portrait painter became a catch phrase? (5,3,3) |
| DROGHEDA | Port in Republic of Ireland, captured by Oliver Cromwell in 1649 (8) |
