| HAPSBURG | Ruling dynasty of Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries (8) |
| GRIMALDI | The House of -, ruling dynasty of the principality of Monaco (8) |
| GALLIARD | Dance in triple time for two people popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries (8) |
| COLOMBIA | A republic in North West South America colonised by Spain in the 16th Century (8) |
| BALEARIC | Archipelago of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea including Minorca and Ibiza (8,7) |
| HUGUENOT | A French Protestant in the 16th and 17th centuries (8) |
| VIRGINAL | What small harpsichord, typically rectangular, was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries? (8) |
| PALLMALL | Street in London's West End named after a croquet-like game popular in the 16th and 17th centuries (4,4) |
| VALENCIA | The third largest city in Spain, in the east of the country (8) |
| ASSUMING | Haughty fool of the upper classes of a ruling dynasty (8) |
| PAMPLONA | City in North Spain, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for its annual bull runs (8) |
| STRELTSY | Russian armed soldier of the 16th and 17th centuries (8) |
| STRELITZ | Russian armed soldier of the 16th and 17th centuries (8) |
| PURITANS | Protestant reformers of the 16th and 17th centuries (8) |
| COURANTE | Stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries |
| MADRIGAL | Unaccompanied part song of the 16th and 17th centuries |
| TREATISE | Nurse is from Spain in the writing study (8) |
| PYRENEES | Used for cremation in northeast Spain, in the mountains |
| BAGUIRMI | Islamic kingdom or sultanate that existed as an independent state during the 16th and 17th centuries southeast of Lake Chad |
| IRISHSEA | Flower girl has gone travelling around Spain in the main (5,3) |
