| NELL | Orange-seller who was mistress of King Charles II (4,4) |
| GWYN | Orange-seller who was mistress of King Charles II (4,4) |
| LOLAMONTES | 1955 biopic starring Martine Carol as the dancer who was mistress of king Ludwig I of Bavaria (4,6) |
| EMMA | ___ Hamilton, famous beauty who was mistress of Horatio Nelson (4) |
| NELLGWYN | English orange-seller-turned-actress who was a mistress of King Charles II 0. 1668-85 (4,4) |
| VILLIERS | Barbara, mistress of King Charles II born in 1640 (8) |
| BRAGANZA | Catherine of ____ , Portuguese wife of King Charles II who died in 1705 (8) |
| MYCHEESE | 1998 best-seller, "Who Moved ___?" |
| RYEHOUSE | Building in Hertfordshire that gave its name to a 1683 plot to assassinate King Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York (3,5) |
| BOSCOBEL | ___ Oak, hiding place for the future King Charles II in 1651 (8) |
| THEMERRYMONARCH | Nickname of King Charles II because of the liveliness and flamboyance of his court (3,5,7) |
| OLDROWLEY | Nickname of King Charles II (3,6) |
| ROWLEY | Old ___ , favourite racehorse of King Charles II (6) |
| LOLAMONTEZ | Irish dancer and actress who became mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who made her Countess of Landsfeld |
| PRINCEGEORGE | Eldest grandson of King Charles (2) |
| PRINCESSANNE | Only sister of King Charles (2) |
| LANGTRY | Lillie, British actress and socialite who was a mistress of King Edward VII when Prince of Wales (7) |
| MALONE | Molly ___, Dublin street seller who died of a fever? (6) |
| DUBARRY | Mistress of King Louis XV of France |
| POMPADOUR | Madame de ___, mistress of King Louis XV of France (9) |
