| ENEADEPICCOLOMINI | What are the first and last birth names of Pope Pius II, who wrote Commentaries (1584) |
| CANDY | What are the first and last letters of cherry sweet? (5) |
| SARTO | Family name of Pope Pius X |
| GAUTAMA | One of the Buddha's birth names (7) |
| LEPANTO | Port city of western Greece between the Gulfs of Corinth and Patras; site of a 1571 naval battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League of Pope Pius V (7) |
| PIENZA | In the 15th century, Pope Pius II commissioned the architect Bernardo Rossellino to transform his native village of Corsignano into the town of this name in Tuscany. Rossellino's buildings and his tow |
| INITIALS | What are the first letters of people's names? (8) |
| MDIII | Year of Popes Pius III and Julius III |
| GIOVANNIFRANCESCOALBANI | Birth name of Pope Clement XI, whose ancestors came to Italy from the other side of the Adriatic |
| KAROLWOJTYLA | The birth name of Pope John Paul II (5,7) |
| MYSTERYNOVELISTS | Their last names are the first names of three puzzle answers |
| TSELIOT | Thomas Stearns are the first two names of which poet and dramatist? (1,1,5) |
| JOHN | Forced to submit to the barons and sign the Magna Carta on June 15, 1215, son of Henry II who succeeded his brother Richard the Lionheart as king of England (4) |
| MOZART | "Wunderkind" who composed a minuet at the age of five and a further 600 opuses during his remaining 30 years of life, including Il Seraglio for "musical king" Joseph II, who famously said the opera ha |
| ANNE | Daughter of James II who was the last of the Stuart monarchs (4) |
| DUKE | A title of the husband and consort of Elizabeth II who founded the DofE (4) |
| TOLKIEN | John Ronald Reuel are the first names of which famous writer? (7) |
| TOPEKA | Capital whose last two letters are the first two letters of its state |
| VERMONT | State whose last four letters are the first four letters of its capital |
| JRRTOLKIEN | John Ronald Reuel are the first names of which writer? (1,1,1,7) |
