| TAMBURLAINE | Play by Christopher Marlowe based on the life of a Central Asian emperor (11) |
| KAZAKH | Native of a central Asian country |
| TAJIK | Language of a Central Asian nation |
| AFGHAN | Citizen of a central Asian country |
| JUSTINIAN | Fair daughter abducted from Asian emperor |
| MIRACLEPLAY | A medieval drama based on a biblical story or the life of a saint (7,4) |
| RUSSIANVINE | A central Asian plant of the knotgrass family (7,4) |
| BURNSSUPPER | A celebration of the life of a famous Scottish poet, held on, or near, his birthday on January 25 (5,6) |
| EDWARDII | History play by Christopher Marlowe set in the fourteenth century |
| MRSDALLOWAY | Virginia Woolf's novel about a day in the life of a woman in England post World War I: 2 wds. |
| DOCTORFAUSTUS | The Tragical History of the Life and Death of ?, Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe |
| DOCTOR | The Tragical History of the Life and Death of -, Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe (6,7) |
| FAUSTUS | The Tragical History of the Life and Death of -, Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe (6,7) |
| FEARLESS | 2006 film based on the life of a martial artist in the last years of the Qing dynasty |
| JEWOFMALTA | 'The ---', drama in blank verse by Christopher Marlowe featuring the character Barabas (3,2,5) |
| BOILER | A kettle; a large tub in which to wash laundry at very high temperature; a tough old fowl, best cooked by bubbling in a pot; or, the furnace of a central heating system (6) |
| POWELL | Author of A Dance to the Music of Time whose wife Violet wrote A Jane Austen Compendium and The Life of a Provincial Lady (6) |
| CYRANODEBERGERAC | 1897 play by Edmond Rostand based on the life of a French dramatist and duellist |
| JEWOF | The ___, drama in blank verse by Christopher Marlowe whose first recorded performance was in 1592 (3,2,5) |
| MALTA | The -, drama in blank verse by Christopher Marlowe whose first recorded performance was in 1592 (3,2,5) |
