| CALIGULA | Roman emperor, son of the general Germanicus, who was noted for his cruelty and tyranny (8) |
| NERO | Name an early Roman emperor, notorious for his cruelty and corruption (4) |
| AGRIPPINA | Wife of the Roman general Germanicus and mother of Caligula (14 BC-33 AD) (9) |
| TITUS | Roman emperor, son of Vespasian |
| AVOGADRO | Amedeo ---, Italian physicist who was noted for his work on gases (8) |
| BENEDICT | Pope --- XV was noted for his attempts to end World War I (8) |
| WHITTIER | John Greenleaf ____ was noted for anti-slavery campaigning and nostalgic poems about New England |
| TOSCANINI | Arturo, Italian conductor who was noted for his readings of Beethoven and Verdi (9) |
| SPOONER | Who was noted for slips of the tongue whereby sounds of words are transposed, The Rev WA ... (7) |
| PABLOPICASSO | Spanish artist born in 1881 who was noted for his Blue and Rose periods (5,7) |
| CLAUDIUS | Tiberius -- Drusus Nero Germanicus, 10BC-54AD, Roman emperor (8) |
| INIQUITY | Home I abandon, the ultimate in cruelty and wickedness (8) |
| MENELAUS | King whose wife was noted for launching ships |
| SOLOMON | Biblical king of Israel who succeeded his father David and was noted for his wisdom (7) |
| ROTH | Which US novelist was noted for his portrayal of modern Jewish life and wrote the novella Goodbye Columbus (1959)? (4) |
| NORTHSEA | Body of water, once known as Oceanus Germanicus (5,3) |
| DUNLOP | "Weary" who, was noted for heroic service to fellow POWs in WWII (6) |
| GLOSSOP | Market town in Derbyshire that was noted for the printing and production of calico (7) |
| MRSMALAPROP | Who in Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals was noted for her verbal blunders? (3,8) |
| SIMPSON | Desert of central Australia situated mainly in the southeastern corner of the Northern Territory; it overlaps into Queensland and South Australia. The desert was noted by the explorer Charles Sturt in |