| SHALMANESER | The name of several Neo-Assyrian kings (11) |
| ESARHADDON | Third king of the Sargonid Dynasty of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (10) |
| NINEVEH | Ancient capital of the Neo- Assyrian Empire |
| CONOR | Anglicised version of the Gaelic name Conchobhar, the name of several Irish kings (5) |
| ECU | The name of several French coins, the first in the 13th Century (3) |
| APOLLONIA | First wife of Michael Corleone in The Godfather; also the name of several Greek towns and cities (9) |
| RENOWN | Celebrity; the name of several Royal Navy battleships |
| FIR | The name of several conifers (3) |
| MERE | Body of water in the names of several Cumbrian lakes |
| AVON | The name of several different rivers and a former county in England (4) |
| LIBRARY | The Assyrian king Ashurbanipal is noted for assembling the world's first systematically organised one (7) |
| SARGON | Noted Assyrian king mentioned in Isaiah |
| RAINYSEASON | One Assyrian upset when the monsoon comes (5,6) |
| JAREB | Biblical Assyrian king |
| NINUS | Assyrian king: "Ninny", according to Flute (Midsummer Night's Dream, 3.1.97) |
| HOWARD | Name of several Dukes of Norfolk, including the third, who was an uncle of two wives of King Henry VIII (6,6) |
| THOMAS | Name of several Dukes of Norfolk, including the third, who was an uncle of two wives of King Henry VIII (6,6) |
| AMENHOTEP | Name of several Egyptian kings of the 15th and 14th centuries BC (9) |
| BACH | Family name of several composers, such as the creator of the Goldberg Variations |
| KESTREL | The common name of several species of predatory birds in the falcon genus (7) |
