| SOLENT | The -; strait separating the Isle of Wight from England where Henry VIII's warship Mary Rose was raised in 1982 and Cowes Week races take place (6) |
| THESOLENT | Strait separating the Isle of Wight from England where Henry VIII's Mary Rose was raised in 1982 and the annual Cowes Week races take place (3,6) |
| ROSEMARY | Plant where Henry VIII's warship gets parts exchanged |
| HELLESPONT | Ancient name of the Dardanelles, the strait separating European and Asian Turkey (10) |
| FIVES | Sport from England where the ball is hit against a special wall with the player's hand |
| CLEVES | Where Henry VIII's fourth (Anne) came from |
| MARYROSE | The excavation of this ship was one of the most important in the history of marine archaeology. It was the most powerful of Henry VIII's warships, his pride and joy, and it was probably named after hi |
| MENAISTRAIT | What is the narrow stretch of tidal water separating the Isle of Anglesey from mainland Wales? (5,6) |
| TUDOR | The ____ rose was the symbol of the combined houses of York and Lancaster |
| MARY | - Rose; Henry VIII's warship that sank in the Solent in 1545 (4) |
| THEMARYROSE | Same theory utilised around start of renovation of Henry VIII's warship (3,4,4) |
| PENTLANDFIRTH | Strait separating the Orkneys and the Scottish mainland |
| ELMS | With timber used to build parts of Henry VIII's ship Mary Rose, trees in the genus Ulmus, depicted in landscapes by John Constable (4) |
| GURU | Film starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, among others, that was (only) rumoured to be inspired by the life of Dhirubai Ambani |
| YORK | A white rose was the emblem of this royal house (4) |
| ROYALMARINES | Naval division from Mary Rose lain at sea (5,7) |
| FORECASTLE | Part of Mary Rose actor feels is badly written |
| MARTYR | Mary Rose at the front holding ton in stone? |
| BASS | Strait separating Tasmania from the Australian mainland (4) |
| ALGERIA | Country where the musical genre Rai originated |
