| ELZEVIR | Which family founded a 17th century Dutch printing firm at Leyden, successfully establishing a reputation for their small editions of the classics? (7) |
| TULIP | Flower whose bulbs were at the center of a 17th-century Dutch speculative bubble |
| GALLE | City whose main stadium offers stunning views of the Indian Ocean and a 17th century Dutch fort. (5) |
| REMBRANDT | A 17th-century Dutch painter and etcher (9) |
| MORGAN | Surname of a 17th-century buccaneer, or a US 19th/20th-century financier (6) |
| KENNEDY | A female member of which famous political family founded the Special Olympics? (7) |
| CERNEABBAS | Dorset location of a chalk figure cut into the hillside, possibly a 17th-century prank (5,5) |
| LONGUE | With "chaise", a sofa for reclining, similar to a 17th-century day bed (6) |
| LLOYDS | Insurance and re-insurance body which started in a 17th-century coffee house |
| ETTORE | Which member of the Bugatti family founded the famous marque? (6) |
| SLAZENGER | Which family, famous for its sports goods firm, owns the Powerscourt Estate in county Wicklow? (9) |
| FORSYTE | Of which family did John Galsworthy write a series of novels between 1906 and 1921? (7) |
| GLOBESTAR | Standout at a 17th-century London theatre? |
| TULIPS | Plants at the centre of a 17th-century financial bubble |
| DULCINEA | Mistress of Don Quixote in a 17th-century novel by Miguel de Cervantes (8) |
| COVENANTER | Can net be used to get over an adherent of a 17th century religious movement (10) |
| POLAND | The Zebrzydowski Rebellion was a 17th century uprising against this country's king |
| HOUROFTHEWITCH | 2021 historical novel about a 17th-century Puritan wife trying to divorce her husband: 4 wds. |
| BREAD | What, in a 17th Century proverb, is said to be the staff of life? (5) |
| TOMTHUMB | Who is the tiny hero in a 17th Century nursery rhyme? (3,5) |
