| CASTELLAN | Governor of a fortress |
| SIEGE | Old word for a seat or throne; or, a blockade of a fortress or town (5) |
| ESCALADE | The scaling the walls of a fortress by means of ladders (8) |
| IMPREGNABLE | Unable to be captured (of a fortress) (11) |
| BEY | (Turk) title of a governor of a province |
| VICEROY | Governor of a colony in the name of a monarch (7) |
| TETRARCH | Governor of a fourth part of a country or province in ancient Rome; from Greek, 'four rule' (8) |
| ALCAIDE | Governor of a Spanish fortress or jail (7) |
| ETHNARCH | Ruler or governor of a people or province, as in parts of the Roman and Byzantine Empires (8) |
| PROCONSUL | Governor of a senatorial province in imperial Rome, typically appointed for a one-year term (9) |
| SATRAP | Returning part as a provincial governor of a one-time Median empire (6) |
| CONSTABLE | He painted the governor of a royal castle |
| PASHA | Turkish governor of a province (5) |
| EPARCH | The governor of a modern Greek province (6) |
| JINDAL | Bobby __, the first Indian-American to be governor of a U.S. state |
| NOMARCH | Governor of a province or department in ancient Egypt or modern Greece (7) |
| ROSS | Nellie Tayloe ___, first female governor of a U.S. state (Wyoming) |
| HOLT | Term for a fortress/keep originally, later a dialect word for a grasp or grip; an otter's riverbank couch, den or lair; a refuge; or, from "twig", a copse, orchard, wood or wooded hill (4) |
| GARRISON | A body of troops stationed in a fortress or town (8) |
| DURHAM | This natural defensive site in northeastern England was chosen by William I the Conqueror (reigned 1066-87) as a fortress and bulwark against the Scots. It also became a place of pilgrimage for St. Cu |
