| MOORISH | Style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to the 16th centuries (7) |
| MALI | Trading empire that flourished in western Africa from the 13th to the 16th century. (4) |
| JOHNMOORE | Glasgow-born soldier, mortally wounded in Coruna, who commanded the English army in Spain from 1808- |
| EBRO | Longest river entirely located in Spain, from which the Iberian Peninsula gets its name (4) |
| SOMBRERO | A broad-brimmed hat, common in Spain and South America (8) |
| OTTOMAN | Created in Anatolia (Asia Minor), this empire grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. It came to an end in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish |
| GALLEON | Large square-rigged sailing ship especially used by Spain from the 15th to 18th centuries (7) |
| ESTE | Noble family of Italy that governed Modena and Reggio from the 13th- to the 18th-century (4) |
| ABYSSINIA | Former name for Ethiopia, used chiefly in Europe from the 13th to the mid-20th century (9) |
| CORDOBA | City in S. Spain which was centre of Moorish Spain from 711-1236 (7) |
| BRECHIN | Scottish town in Angus whose cathedral dates from the 13th century (7) |
| CRANACH | Surname of two German artists of the 15th and 16th centuries (7) |
| GALLEYS | Propelled by sails and oars that were often manned by slaves or convicts, vessels used for Mediterranean naval warfare up to the 16th century (7) |
| HALBERD | Military weapon of the 15th and 16th centuries consisting of an axe blade and spearhead mounted on a long wooden pole (7) |
| CROQUET | What game played on grass was developed from the 13th-century French game paille-maille? (7) |
| ERASMUS | Dutch philosopher and scholar of the 15th and 16th centuries (7) |
| CARAVEL | Small Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries (7) |
| VIHUELA | Guitar-like 3D instrument of the 15th and 16th centuries |
| UKRAINE | Neighbours campaigned over industrial Spain from European country (7) |
| GOTHIC | Style of architecture that was used in Western Europe from the 12th to the 16th century (6) |
