| MACDUFF | Slayer of Shakespeare's Macbeth |
| GLAMIS | - Castle; setting of Shakespeare's Macbeth, childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and birthplace of Princess Margaret (6) |
| DUNCAN | Who is King of Scotland at the start of Shakespeare's Macbeth? (6) |
| SCOTLAND | Setting of Shakespeare's Macbeth (8) |
| MAQBOOL | This 2004 movie directed by Vishal Bhardwaj stars Tabu and is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth |
| THANE | Noble rank of Shakespeare's Macbeth at the play's start |
| NEWT | An eye of this creature, together with toe of dog, wool of bat etc. was a necessary ingredient for Shakespeare's Macbeth witches |
| BANQUO | Thane of Lochaber and father of Fleance in Shakespeare's Macbeth (1606) |
| FLEANCE | Son of Banquo in Shakespeare's Macbeth (7) |
| NEOPTOLEMUS | Son of Achilles and slayer of King Priam of Troy; also called Pyrrhus (11) |
| APOLLO | Slayer of the dragon of Delphi |
| MALCOLM | Elder son of the murdered King Duncan in Shakespeare's Macbeth (1606) |
| TOLDBYAFOOL | (Life) is a tale _ _ _ _, full of sound and fury signifying nothing: Shakespeare's Macbeth (4,2,1,4) |
| DUNSINANE | Hill of central Scotland to which 'Great Birnam wood' came in Shakespeare's Macbeth (1606) |
| OUTDAMNEDSPOTOUTISAY | Quote from Shakespeare's Macbeth, from Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene (3,6,4,3,1,3) |
| DONALBAIN | The younger son of King Duncan in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (9) |
| EYE | Part of a newt required by the witches in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (3) |
| THESEUS | Legendary slayer of the Minotaur who became king of Athens |
| PYRRHUS | Son of Achilles in Greek mythology also known as Neoptolemus; slayer of Priam (7) |
| UFFISH | The kind of thought in which the slayer of the Jabberwock stood awhile? (6) |
