| MARLBOROUGH | The first duke of which, John Churchill, had famous victories over Louis XIV's France (11) |
| PFANNKUCHEN | Another name for Berliners, one of which John F Kennedy famously claimed to be, which translates as 'pancakes' (11) |
| REVOLUTIONARIES | They were irate over Louis, angry about primacy of nobility (15) |
| SIR | Title Churchill had |
| BOWTIE | Churchill had a polka dotted one |
| CIO | A.F.L.'s partner, of which John L. Lewis was its first pres. |
| SLOUCHES | One does this in 3 down to ship over Louis the revolutionary (8) |
| IMAGINE | More than 70 artists have recorded covers of which John Lennon song? (7) |
| JOHNOFGAUNT | The 1st Duke of Lancaster; son of Edward III and father of Henry IV (4,2,5) |
| APSLEY | ___ House, the home of the first Duke of Wellington, at London's Hyde Park Corner (6) |
| ROLLO | Norse chieftain made the first duke of Normandy in 911 by arrangement with the Frankish king Charles the Simple (5) |
| LIONELSACKVILLE | The first Duke of Dorset who was chosen to inform George I of his accession to the throne in 1714 (6,9) |
| IRON | And 14 The first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, was known as 'the - (4,4) |
| DUKE | The first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, was known as 'the - (4,4) |
| NELLGWYN | Royal mistress whose elder son became the first Duke of St Albans (4,4) |
| GRANDSIECLE | Dean's girl raving about City in Louis XIV's time |
| BLENHEIM | This palace is located in Oxfordshire, England. It was built in 1705-24 by the English Parliament as a national gift to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. It is regarded as the finest example of |
| AVENUES | Word, possibly introduced by John Evelyn, for tree-lined paths or roads, such as those constituting the 72 miles worth laid out by the 1st Duke of Montagu at Boughton (7) |
| HOWARD | Family surname of the 1st Duke of Norfolk, inaugurated 1483 (6) |
| IRONDUKE | The 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, was known as 'the ---' (4,4) |
