| HUMANBLOOD | What 16th-17th century countess Elizabeth Bathory reputedly bathed in to stay younger |
| REMAIN | Mostly prompt, with one coming in to stay (6) |
| LEAST | Fewest English coming in to stay |
| PALLMALL | 16th/17th-century lawn game considered to be a precursor to croquet (4-4) |
| SCHOONER | Sailing ship with two or more masts, first used by Dutch sailors in the 16th/17th century (8) |
| ABBASS | 16th/17th-century Persian shah, who secured and strengthened the Safavid dynasty (5,1) |
| AGRA | 16th-/17th-century capital of the Mughal empire (4) |
| DONNE | 16th-17th century cleric and the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets, John _ (5) |
| HUGUENOTS | 16th/17th-century French Protestants, allowed some religious and political freedom by the Edict of Nantes (9) |
| BARDOFAVON | *16th/17th-century dramatic nickname |
| DOWLAND | 16th-17th century English composer (Lachrymae) |
| MONTEVERDI | Claudio -, 16th-17th century Italian composer |
| ELIZ | 16th/17th-century Eng. queen |
| LADYGODIVA | 11th Century Countess of Mercia who rode naked through Coventry in a protest against taxation (4,6) |
| SIDNEY | And 23 College of the University of Cambridge named after a 16th Century countess (6,6) |
| SUSSEX | College of the University of Cambridge named after a 16th Century countess (6,6) |
| GALLIARD | Lively dance popular in Europe during the 16th/17th centuries (8) |
| JOAN | 14th-century Countess known as the Fair Maid of Kent; mother of Richard II (4) |
| GALLIARDS | Old dances of 16th, 17th c (9) |
| PASSABLE | Moderate to low voice's turn to be bathed in light (8) |
