| CROMWELL | Oliver, English soldier and statesman who made himself Lord Protector in 1653 (8) |
| COSTANZA | He calls himself "Lord of the Idiots" and spends a lot of time hanging out his best friends Jerry, Kramer and Elaine |
| THEODORIC | Ostrogoth king who made himself king of Italy in 493, with his capital in Ravenna (9) |
| MOLOTOV | Soviet statesman who made a pact with Ribbentrop |
| OLIVERCROMWELL | English soldier and statesman,10th in 2002 poll of 100 Greatest Britons (6,8) |
| LAFAYETTE | Marquis de --, French soldier and statesman who fought for the colonists in the American War of Independence (2,7) |
| EARLOFWARWICK | English soldier and statesman known as 'the Kingmaker' (4,2,7) |
| HIDEKITOJO | Japanese soldier and statesman who served as his country's prime minister from 1941 to 1944 (6,4) |
| POSTGATE | Oliver ---, English animator and puppeteer who created Ivor The Engine and Bagpuss (8) |
| POTEMKIN | Grigori _, Russian soldier and statesman; lover of Catherine II (8) |
| TAJMAHAL | Ivory-white marble mausoleum in India which was completed in 1653 and is considered one of the best architectural masterpieces of the world: 2 wds. |
| COMPLEAT | The ____ Angler, a book about fishing by Izaak Walton first published in 1653 (8) |
| DEGAULLE | Charles - - - - - -, French general and statesman who served as President of France 1959-1969 (2,6) |
| FISHMEAL | Made himself a sort of fertiliser (4-4) |
| PATRONUS | Animal spirit protector, in the Potterverse |
| EARMUFFS | Protectors in cold weather |
| BROLLIES | Rain protectors, in London |
| SKIPP | Oliver, English midfielder who made his debut for Tottenham Hotspur FC in 2018 (5) |
| OLIVER | Soldier and statesman born at Huntingdon in 1599 (6,8) |
| ESSEX | The Earl of ... was an English soldier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I executed in 1601 (5) |
