| RUNCIMAN | Sir Steven ___, historian acclaimed for his A History of the Crusades (8) |
| RYLANCE | Mark ---, actor acclaimed for his portrayal of “Rooster” Byron in the play Jerusalem |
| HOGARTH | William, engraver noted for his A Rake's Progress (7) |
| BRAHMS | Johannes, composer noted for his A German Requiem (6) |
| BRINDISI | Ancient South East Italian port, end point of the Roman Appian Way and a centre of the Crusades in the Middle Ages (8) |
| EUSEBIUS | Bishop of Caesarea who wrote a history of the Christian Church |
| HOLYLAND | Destination of the Crusades |
| PALGRAVE | Sir Francis ___, historian born in 1788 whose son published the influential Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics in 1861 (8) |
| MEREDITH | Martin ___, historian known for his books on Africa (8) |
| TAILBACK | A queue, but Eeyore finally got his a€¦ (8) |
| AMYADAMS | US actress acclaimed for her performances in The Fighter, Vice and American Hustle |
| THEVERVE | Band acclaimed for the 1997 album Urban Hymns |
| WHISTLER | Painter who used musical terms including arrangement, harmony, nocturne and symphony as titles for his works and whose distinctive evolving monogrammed butterfly signature was an expressive element of |
| SARACENS | Hurry inside without fighters in the Crusades (8) |
| HOLYWARS | The Crusades, for instance |
| OFHEAVEN | 2005 epic by Ridley Scott, set during the Crusades (7,2,6) |
| USEDCARS | Anything but new vehicles coming from the crusades (4,4) |
| MEDIEVAL | Like the Crusades |
| TEMPLAR | Member of a military order of the Crusades (7) |
| ASHE | Author of "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" |
