| HRE | Empire that Francis II abolished in 1806: abbr. |
| HOLYROMANEMPIRE | Collection of European territories, founded in 800 and abolished in 1806 (4,5,6) |
| GIPSYMOTH | Ketch that Francis Chichester sailed, single-handed, around the world (5,4) |
| CONNIE | It's on record that Francis maybe better after her (6) |
| THERESA | Consort of Emperor Francis II of Austria after whom Haydn's Mass No. 10 in B is nicknamed (7) |
| AZTEC | Ancient empire that was based in the 'Valley of Mexico' |
| OTTOMANS | Members of a Turkish dynasty and empire that ended in 1922 (8) |
| INCA | Empire that built Machu Picchu in the 1400s |
| WW | Weight-loss empire that turned 60; abbr. (2) |
| IMPEACHMENT | Procedure against a government official in the UK first recorded in 1376 that last occurred in 1806 |
| MONGOL | Empire that spanned most of Eurasia until it began to fragment in the 13th century |
| MALI | Trading empire that flourished in western Africa from the 13th to the 16th century. (4) |
| ROMAN | The name for the ancient empire that spanned the Mediterranean Sea; it was established in 27 BCE after the fall of the republic of the same name. (5) |
| OTTOMAN | Empire that once controlled the Bosporous Strait |
| RYUKYUKINGDOM | Okinawa empire that reigned for 450 years |
| MARATHA | Indian empire that ended Mughal Rule |
| ASSYRIA | Ancient empire that stretched from Egypt to Persian Gulf (7) |
| DYNASTY | Empire that ended with Daddy, Nanna and Krusty (7) |
| MARSHALSEA | Prison for debtors situated in Southwark, London that was abolished in 1842 (10) |
| STASI | Founded in 1950, abolished in 1990, East Germany's secret police force; a force that was regarded as |
