| OWENTUDOR | Welsh courtier who secretly married Catherine of Valois, widow of Henry V of England (4,5) |
| FONDA | Henry V of England has tender front (5) |
| ARTHUR | ___ Tudor, older brother of King Henry VIII who married Catherine of Aragon in 1501 before dying at the age of fifteen (6) |
| INTHE | Edward V of England and his brother Richard, collectively (7,2,3,5) |
| TOWER | Edward V of England and his brother Richard, collectively (7,2,3,5) |
| PRINCES | Edward V of England and his brother Richard, collectively (7,2,3,5) |
| ELIZABETH | And 25. Poet who secretly married Robert Browning in 1846 (9,7) |
| OLDCASTLE | John ?, English Lollard leader, a friend of Henry V, who is reputedly the basis for William Shakespeare's character Falstaff (9) |
| TUDOR | see 8ac, Welsh courtier; reputed second husband of Catherine of Valois |
| OWEN | Welsh courtier; reputed second husband of Catherine of Valois (4,5) |
| LANCASTER | Dilapidated ancestral house of Henry V |
| AGINCOURT | Battle won by the forces of Henry V in 1415 |
| RACKETEER | Courtier who is extorting money? (9) |
| CYEARSWAR | *Conflict between the Houses of Plantagenet and Valois |
| EDWARDIV | King who secretly married Elizabeth Woodville (the White Queen) (6,1,1) |
| ABELARD | A French theologian who secretly married his pupil Heloise |
| OLLIE | _ Locke, Chelsea chap who secretly married his fiance Gareth (5) |
| THOMPSON | Former Cambridge Footlights member whose roles have included Catherine of Valois, Dora Carrington, Elinor Dashwood, the Queen and Goneril (8) |
| KENNETHBRANAGH | Director of the 1989 film version of Henry V (7,7) |
| DAVIDRIZZIO | 16th-century Italian courtier who was murdered in 1566; the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots (5,6) |
