| MLIII | Year in the reign of Edward the Confessor |
| CONQUEST | Major turning point in English history, stemming from events that unfolded a decade earlier during the reign of Edward the Confessor (6,8) |
| NORMAN | Major turning point in English history, stemming from events that unfolded a decade earlier during the reign of Edward the Confessor (6,8) |
| CMI | Third year in the reign of Edward the Elder |
| CMII | Year in the reign of Edward the Elder |
| MDL | Year in the reign of Edward VI |
| MCCC | Year in the reign of Edward I |
| ISLIP | Village in Oxfordshire that was the birthplace of Edward the Confessor (5) |
| EDITH | ___ of Wessex (d.1075), Queen of England, wife of Edward the Confessor (5) |
| ETHELRED | ___ the Unready, Anglo-Saxon English king who was the father of Edward the Confessor (8) |
| DOWNER | A sad thing, the end of Edward the Confessor? |
| WOOLSACK | Seat of the Lord Speaker in the House of Lords, adopted during the reign of Edward III (1312-77) |
| ABBEY | Westminster -; Gothic church containing the shrine of St Edward the Confessor that has been the setting of every coronation since 1066(5) |
| MLVI | Year in Edward the Confessor's reign |
| MLIV | Year in Edward the Confessor's reign |
| MLI | Year in Edward the Confessor's reign |
| JOAN | Known as the Fair Maid of Kent, the forename of the wife of Edward the Black Prince who was the mother of Richard II (4) |
| NOBLE | English gold coin introduced during the reign of Edward III |
| MIII | Year in the reign of Ethelred the Unready |
| DLX | Year in the reign of Justinian the Great |
