| PROVENCAL | The Romance language used by medieval troubadours |
| MINSTREL | Medieval troubadour (8) |
| AMOUR | Romance, in one of the Romance languages |
| LATIN | Ancient language whose Vulgar form evolved into the Romance Languages (5) |
| ITALIAN | One of the Romance languages (7) |
| LANCE | Weapon used by medieval jousters and by soldiers during the Charge of the Light Brigade (5) |
| LEECH | Bloodsucking insect used by medieval doctors |
| PENNON | Long, tapering flag used by medieval knights; from Latin, 'feather' (6) |
| LONGBOW | Extended salaam used by medieval archer (7) |
| FERRET | Used by medieval hunters to catch rabbits. a mustelid mammal known in groups as a busyness (6) |
| VULGARLATIN | Source of the Romance languages |
| JAMES | Author of The Portrait of a Lady and a number of ghost stories, including The Romance of Certain Old Clothes and The Turn of the Screw (5) |
| CHAINMAIL | Known to the Romans as lorica hamata, mesh-like armour worn by medieval knights and soldiers derived from the designs of the Celts (5,4) |
| AMO | "Ti ___" (bit of Romance language romance language) |
| EXPLICIT | Word, used especially by medieval scribes to indicate the end of a book, part of a manuscript, etc. |
| ALMOND | Influenced by medieval Latin for "loveable", a kernel with an oval shape resembled by the brain's emotional processing centre, or "amygdala"; or, a creamy pale-brown or pistachio colour of such a rosa |
| LIEGE | The romance has gone on departing from the city (5) |
| LASSIE | The girl in the romance is a fool (6) |
| LIBERATE | Be the deserter in the romance set loose (8) |
| LOVEBIRDS | Are they responsible for the romance in the air? (9) |
