| STPATRICKSDAY | 17th March (2,8,3) |
| CLAUDELORRAIN | 17th century French landscape painter |
| ENLIGHTENMENT | Intellectual movement of the late 17th-century |
| GETWITCHQUICK | Puritan's goal in 17th-century Salem? |
| ANDREWJOHNSON | 17th US president (6,7) |
| RENEDESCARTES | 17th-century French philosopher (4,9) |
| ANDREWMARVELL | 17th Century English metaphysical poet whose works included To His Coy Mistress (6,7) |
| ACTASANCTORUM | Encyclopaedic work on the lives of Christian saints, started in the 17th century |
| SCHOOLMASTERS | They're known for giving lessons to 16th century Venetian artists and Dutch artists in the 17th century (13) |
| JUDGEJEFFREYS | Infamous 17th century Chief Justice of the King's Bench (5,8) |
| SHIPOFTHELINE | Large vessel of western navies forming part of a battle fleet, in use from the mid-17th to the mid-19th century (4,2,3,4) |
| PETERTHEGREAT | 17th-/18th-century Russian tsar (5,3,5) |
| BORDERREIVERS | Raiders along the division with England from 13th to the 17th century (6,7) |
| RYANSDAUGHTER | Romantic drama starring Robert Mitchum made at Tralee 17th hole (5,8) |
| TRUNKBREECHES | Hose worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries (5-8) |
| USECRYINGOVER | 17th-century proverb suggesting that what's done is done (2,2,2,3,6,4,5,4) |
| TWELVEGOODMEN | ___ ___ ___ and true: early 17th Century description of a jury (6,4,3) |
| LIMERICK | AABBA pattern, fitting for March 17th |
| PATRICKS | St. ___ Day; March 17th |
| NAMEDAY | Set wedding date without the Paddy on March 17th |
