| HENRYIV | Son of John of Gaunt known as Bolingbroke who overthrew Richard II and reigned from 1399-1413 (5,1,1) |
| ELIZABETHI | Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn who became queen in 1558 aged 25 and reigned for 44 years (9,1) |
| RAINED | Came down from heaven and reigned, we're told (6) |
| BOLINGBROKE | Henry ?, son of John of Gaunt; king of England from 1399 to 1413 (11) |
| HENRY | Eldest son of John of Gaunt and grandson of King Edward III of England (5) |
| GAUNT | Thin and haggard; John of -----, uncle to the English king, Richard II, and father of Henry IV (5) |
| LANCASTRIAN | Description of John of Gaunt, and of Nelson |
| UNCLE | Relationship of John of Gaunt to King Richard II |
| GIEGLUD | Actor remembered for Shakespearean roles including Hamlet, Lear, Leontes and Richard II and for films including Oh! What a Lovely War, Arthur, Gandhi, Prospero's Books and The Power of One (7) |
| LANCASTER | The English Royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1471 (9) |
| HALDANE | Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics. |
| SWEYN | King of Denmark (c. 987-1014) who overthrew England's Ethelred the Unready in 1013; known as Forkbeard (5) |
| ISABELLA | Wife of Edward II who overthrew him with the aid of her lover Roger de Mortimer (8) |
| HOTSPUR | Shakespeare represented Sir Percy Henry in Richard II and Henry IV as which character? (7) |
| GHENT | Flanders birthplace of John of Gaunt (5) |
| ENGLAND | This country of John of Gaunt's (7) |
| JOHNOFGAUNT | Son of Edward III of England who died in 1399 (4,2,5) |
| GADDAFI | Army officer who overthrew Libya's monarchy in 1969 and ruled as a dictator for 40 years (7) |
| SUNYATSEN | Revolutionary who overthrew the Qing dynasty and set up the Republic of China (3,3-3) |
| HENRYV | King of England from 1413-22, immortalised in a history play by William Shakespeare (5,1) |
