| DCCI | Start of the eighth century |
| MERCIA | Historic kingdom of central England that reached its height under King Offa in the latter half of the eighth century (6) |
| HOSEA | In the Old Testament, a Hebrew prophet of the eighth century BC (5) |
| LIPO | Chinese poet of the eighth century |
| AMOS | Name a Hebrew prophet of the eighth century BC (4) |
| ISAIAH | Name a major Hebrew prophet of the eighth century BC (6) |
| PAPALSTATES | Those territories of central Italy held by the Catholic Church between the middle of the 8th century and 1870 (5,6) |
| HESIOD | Writer of the 8th century B.C. known as the father of Greek didactic poetry, noted for works including the Theogony and Works and Days (6) |
| HOMER | Poet of the 8th century BC who wrote two epic poems that shaped aspects of ancient Greek culture (5) |
| SALZBURG | European city, site of the 8th-century Benedictine Nonnberg monastery |
| BEDE | He wrote the eighth century Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation |
| PARSIE | Descendant of the Zoroastrians who emigrated from Persia to India in the eighth century (6) |
| SAKE | "Thirteen Poems in Praise of ___," tanka by the eighth-century poet AÂŒtomo no Tabito |
| OFFA | Anglo-Saxon King who ruled over Mercia in the eighth century (4) |
| ENOS | First name of the Cardinal who made a "mad dash" from first to home in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series |
| PALADIN | Any of the twelve Peers of Charlemagne's court in eighth-century Germany, analogous to the Knights of the Round Table (7) |
| ALOU | Last name of all three batters in the top of the eighth inning on 9/10/63 at the Polo Grounds |
| MALACODA | Leader of the thirteen demons who guard Bolgia Five of the eighth circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno |
| THETAS | Representations of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, sound 'th' (6) |
| LILIBET | First name of the eighth in line of succession to the British throne (7) |
