| NORMANDY | William the Conqueror was duke of this French fiefdom (8) |
| YORK | 26 across was Duke of this city prior to the 15 down (4) |
| CAEN | Port city of NW France in which William the Conqueror was buried in 1087 (4) |
| PROVENCE | Wander through outskirts of Perpignan, to west of this French region (8) |
| CEPHALIC | Belonging to the head of this French caliph in trouble (8) |
| ALBERTI | Known as ' the Bear', he was Duke of Saxony and the founder of the Ascanian Dynasty (6,1) |
| DOMESDAY | Record of the census ordered by Norman boss, William the Conqueror, to establish the extent of his n |
| LANFRANC | Italian archbishop of Canterbury and trusted counsellor of William the Conqueror (8) |
| LYON | A Roman military colony called Lugdunum was founded on the site of this French city in 43 BCE, and it subsequently became the capital of the Gauls. This place reached its peak of classical development |
| HEREWARD | 11th-century Anglo-saxon rebel who defended the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror (8) |
| HASTINGS | Seaside town and Cinque Port in East Sussex whose history, including its now-ruined Norman motte and bailey castle established by William the Conqueror in 1066, is stitched into the very fabric of the |
| CONQUEST | Name given to the occupation of southern England by William the Conqueror and his troops (6,8) |
| NORSEMAN | William the Conqueror perhaps bestriding the Hastings region as an invader |
| PEVENSEY | ___Bay, Sussex location where William the Conqueror landed in 1066 (8) |
| EARL | Duke, Duke, Duke of this. |
| RENAULTSCENIC | The RX4 was a four-wheel drive variant of this French MPV (7,6) |
| TUSCANY | Cosimo I de' Medici became the first grand duke of this region in 1569 (7) |
| NEWCALEDONIA | Nouméa is the capital of this French overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean |
| OCON | Identify the surname of this French Formula One driver who participated in the 2025 season for Haas-ferrari team. (4) |
| BRONTE | King Ferdinand made Horatio Nelson 1st duke of this Sicilian town in 1799 (6) |
