| RINGSEND | Where in Ireland did Cromwell first land in 1649? (8) |
| RYANSDAUGHTER | In which 1970 David Lean film, set in Ireland, did John Mills win an Oscar as the town idiot? (5,8) |
| OMAGH | Where in Northern Ireland did a bomb kill 29 people in 1998? (5) |
| BOYCOTTED | Shunned, after that first land-hoarding landlord in Ireland was. (9) |
| FUCHS | Vivian, explorer who led the expedition which completed the first land crossing of Antarctica (5) |
| LITTLE | First land title becomes very small |
| DROGHEDA | Port in Republic of Ireland, captured by Oliver Cromwell in 1649 (8) |
| CARISBROOKE | Castle where king Charles I was held until his execution in 1649 (11) |
| LHASA | Asian city where the Potala Palace was completed in 1649 (5) |
| CHARLESTHEFIRST | British Stuart monarch who was beheaded in Whitehall in 1649 (7,3,5) |
| MAIDENHEAD | Berkshire town in which King Charles I met his children for the last time before his execution in 1649 (10) |
| ANNAPOLIS | State capital of Maryland, founded as the town of Providence in 1649 (9) |
| CHARLES | King beheaded in 1649 |
| SLIGO | Where, in Ireland, one's involved in chopping logs (5) |
| MONEYGALL | Where in Ireland is the Barack Obama Plaza? (9) |
| MAYO | Where, in Ireland, love comes to blossom (4) |
| TYRONE | Where, in Ireland, anybody can have a try (6) |
| ANTRIM | Where, in Ireland, one gets a haircut |
| MEATH | Where, in Ireland, there's always a new hat for me |
| INTERREGNUM | Period in English history from 1649-60 (11) |
