| CALAIS | England's last French possession lost in 1558 (6) |
| THERMS | At last French expressions comprehended for heating units ... (6) |
| LEBRUN | Albert ___, last French president of the Third Republic (6) |
| JAMESI | England's last Catholic king |
| MARYQUEENOF | Sovereign who, in turn, married Francis, the Dauphin of France in 1558, her cousin Lord Damley in 1565 and two years later, the Earl of Bothwell (4,5,2,5) |
| SCOTS | Sovereign who, in turn, married Francis, the Dauphin of France in 1558, her cousin Lord Damley in 1565 and two years later, the Earl of Bothwell (4,5,2,5) |
| ELIZABETH | Queen in 1558-1603 |
| ELIZ | Monarch crowned in 1558: Abbr. |
| ELIZABETHI | Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn who became queen in 1558 aged 25 and reigned for 44 years (9,1) |
| III | Last French monarch: Napoleon ___ |
| IVAN | Whom Bjorn beat for his last French Open title |
| HAROLDGODWINSON | England's last Anglo-Saxon king (6,9) |
| SAKA | Bukayo, Arsenal footballer who missed England's last spot kick in the Euro 2020 final penalty shootout (4) |
| NUKECALEDONIA | England's last-ditch plan for dealing with those pesky Scotsmen? |
| LAIRD | Shelter England's last landowner (5) |
| ANNE | England's last Stuart queen |
| DISMANTLE | Take apart England's last reworked salt mine (9) |
| KIERANTRIPPIER | Scorer of England's last goal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| ERA | Elizabethan ___ (1558-1603, in British history) |
| ROGERASCHAM | English humanist scholar and writer who served as tutor (1548-50) and Latin secretary (1558-68) to Queen Elizabeth I (5,6) |
