| MLI | Year in the life of William the Conqueror |
| DURHAM | City on the Wear, site of a castle constructed in 1072 under the orders of William the Conqueror and a cathedral containing the tomb of the Venerable Bede (6) |
| BLINDHARRY | The author of the poem 'The Wallace', which recounts the life of William Wallace (5,5) |
| HENRYI | Son of William the Conqueror, crowned king of England in the absence of his elder brother, Robert in 1100 |
| LII | Year in the life of Pliny the Elder |
| MDL | Year in the life of Nostradamus |
| MII | Year in the life of Leif Ericson |
| CCC | Year in the life of Constantine |
| CDLI | A year in the life of Attila |
| STEPHEN | Grandson of William the Conqueror who usurped the throne from Matilda (the Empress Maude) in 1135 af |
| CASTLE | Any one of the strongholds constructed on the orders of William the Conqueror (6) |
| RILEY | The Life of William Bendix sitcom |
| CROW | Upstart ____, sitcom based on the life of William Shakespeare (4) |
| UPSTART | ____ Crow, sitcom based on the life of William Shakespeare (7) |
| STAR | Bright ___, three years in the life of John Keats (4) |
| ADELA | Youngest daughter of William the Conqueror and mother of King Stephen of England |
| CAEN | Industrial city in N.W. France which houses the tomb of William the Conqueror (4) |
| BAYEUX | Which famous tapestry tells the story of William the Conqueror's invasion of England? (6) |
| RUFUS | William --, son of William the Conqueror (5) |
| LANFRANC | Italian archbishop of Canterbury and trusted counsellor of William the Conqueror (8) |
