| CASTELLAN | Governor or keeper of a castle in medieval Europe, also known as a chatelain (9) |
| NAB | A colloquialism meaning to catch, collar, grab, nick, nobble, seize or snatch; the cock of a gunlock or keeper of a door latch; a hilltop, projection or promontory; or, formerly, the head or a hat (3) |
| CHATELAINE | A female keeper of a castle or large household (10) |
| BLARNEY | _ stone, part of a castle in the Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the "gift of the gab" (7) |
| BASTION | Solid defensive projecting part of a castle in a well-fortified position (7) |
| UPKEEP | Costs of a castle in the sky? (6) |
| CONSTABLE | From Latin for "maste r of the horses", title of the governor or warden of a royal castle of fortress; or, in its modern sense, a police officer (9) |
| CUSTODIAN | A guardian or keeper of an art collection (9) |
| REGISTRAR | Hospital doctor or keeper of official records (9) |
| FEUDALISM | Social system in medieval Europe (9) |
| STONEPINE | Tree of southern Europe also called the umbrella pine and Italian ? (5,4) |
| OCCITANIA | Historical region in southern Europe also called lo Pais d'Oc |
| ANDALUSIA | Region of Europe, also America, inter alia |
| EMBLEM | One of a series of allegorical pictures with accompanying mottoes or morals in books popular in medieval Europe (6) |
| OCCITAN | Romance language of Europe also known as Langue d"oc (7) |
| WISENT | The heaviest surviving land animal in Europe, also known as the European bison |
| BELARUS | Republic of Eastern Europe, also known as White Russia |
| CURFEW | In medieval Europe, the night-time ringing of a bell as a signal to extinguish fires and go to bed (6) |
| GOATSRUE | Herbaceous plant of the pea family (Galega officinalis) used as a treatment for diabetes in medieval Europe (5,3) |
| ROOK | A card-sharp or cheat; a crow-like cawing corvid; or, a castle in chess (4) |
