| ILPENSEROSO | Pastoral poem by John Milton published in 1645 |
| LALLEGRO | Pastoral poem by John Milton published in 1645 (8) |
| ARCADIA | 1480 pastoral poem by the Italian Jacopo Sannazaro (7) |
| SAMSONAGONISTES | Dramatic poem by John Milton published in 1671 (6,9) |
| COMUS | 1634 masque by John Milton published in 1637 (5) |
| PARADISE | - - - Lost, epic poem by John Milton first published in 1667 (8) |
| PARADISELOST | Epic poem by John Milton originally published in 1667 (8,1) |
| LOST | Epic poem by John Milton (8,4) |
| LYCIDAS | 1637 pastoral elegy by John Milton |
| PARADISEREGAINED | "Beauty stands / In the admiration only of weak minds / Led captive" is from ____ by John Milton |
| SAMSON | 1671 blank verse tragedy by John Milton (6,9) |
| AGONISTES | 1671 blank verse tragedy by John Milton (6,9) |
| NASEBY | Village in Northamptonshire, site of a Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War in 1645 (6) |
| LAUD | William ___, archbishop of Canterbury impeached by the Long Parliament in 1640 and executed in 1645 |
| WOODNOTE | Word, from John Milton's pastoral poem L'Allegro, for a natural musical sound, like birdsong in a forest (8) |
| ECLOGUE | Pastoral poem in English - contrary effort in one of these? (7) |
| ALFORD | Small town in the north-east (pop about 2,000), the site of a Royalist victory in 1645 (6) |
| NEWMODELARMY | Fighting force established in 1645 during the English Civil War by the Parliamentarians (3,5,4) |
| NEWMODEL | ___ ___ Army, formed by Parliamentarians in 1645 that won the English Civil War (3,5) |
| LOLLAND | Which island in the Baltic Sea, long disputed between Denmark and Sweden, was ceded to Sweden in 1645? (7) |
