| MIDDLEENGLISH | The language of parts of Britain from about 1100 AD to about 1450 AD (6,7) |
| IRONAGE | Period from about 1100 BC (4,3) |
| ARAMAIC | Semitic language of parts of the Old Testament |
| TAMIL | Dravidian language of parts of India and Sri Lanka (5) |
| PERFIDEALBION | A fellow setter had a point: 25 must be upset about about current view of Britain from Barnier's people (7,6) |
| MAZARINEBIBLE | Publication of around 1450, also referred to as "42-line" or "Gutenberg" |
| AGES | Period in European history from around the late 5th-century to about 1100 AD (4,4) |
| DARK | Period in European history from around the late 5th-century to about 1100 AD (4,4) |
| DARKAGES | Period in European history from around the late 5th-century to about 1100 AD |
| ADAMMOLEYNS | Bishop of Chichester, 1445-1450, who had been clerk of the ruling council of the Regent during the minority of Henry VI of England |
| LNER | Railway company which operated from London to the north east of Britain from 1923 to 1948 (abbr) (4) |
| MINOAN | The Bronze Age culture of Crete from about 3000 B.C. to about 1100 B.C. (6) |
| DIAS | Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500). |
| SAXON | Member of a Germanic people who occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. (5) |
| HANOVER | What was the royal house of Britain from 1714 to 1901? (7) |
| OLDDUTCH | The Dutch language up to about 1100 A.D. (3,5) |
| CADE | Jack _, leader of the Kentish rebellion against the government of Henry VI in 1450 (4) |
| AGRICOLA | Roman general who was governor of Britain from 78 to 84AD (8) |
| THOMASWOLSEY | Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor from 1515 AD to 1529 AD, builder of Hampton Court Palace (6,6) |
| BOTHY | Originally for itinerant farm workers, a cottage or hut in the Scottish Highlands, mountains or remote parts of Britain as a refuge or temporary dwelling (5) |
