| CORTEZ | Spanish conquistador who toppled Montezuma, 1519 (6) |
| BEYONCE | Singer who toppled 1-Across's record on Sunday, winning her 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd Grammys |
| CORTES | Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec emperor Montezuma, d. 1547 (6) |
| HERNANCORTES | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (6,6) |
| BALBOA | Vasco Nunez de _, Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513 (6) |
| PIZARRO | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca empire and founded Lima (7) |
| PONCE | Spanish conquistador who became governor of Puerto Rico, Juan ... de Leon |
| MENDOZA | Spanish conquistador who founded Buenos Aires in 1536 (7) |
| PETRODE | Spanish conquistador who founded Buenos Aires in 1536 (7) |
| CORONADO | Spanish conquistador who searched for the Seven Cities of Gold |
| DESOTO | Spanish explorer and conquistador who in 1541 became the first European to cross the Mississippi River (2,4) |
| BOGOTA | Capital and largest city of Columbia, founded in 1538 by the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada (6) |
| AMAZON | Second-longest river in the world, reputedly named by Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana (6) |
| HERNAN | Spanish Conquistador, ___ Cortes (b.1485 - d.1547) |
| AZTECS | Native American people dominant in Mexico until its conquest by Cortes in 1519 |
| TAMMUZ | This Babylonian god, one making Montezuma mad? (6) |
| MARINE | "From the halls of Montezuma" soldier |
| AZTEC | The capital city of this empire, Tenochtitlan, was founded in 1325 CE and lasted until the empire's fall in 1519 to Spanish conquistador Hernn Cortes. (5) |
| HERNANDO | Spanish explorer and conquistador who in 1541 became the first European to cross the Mississippi River (8) |
| PANAMACITY | Capital city of Panama, founded in 1519 (6,4) |
