| BLOODY | ___ Mary, byname of Mary Tudor given by her Protestant opponents (6) |
| LATIMER | One of the three Oxford Martyrs in the reign of Mary Tudor (7) |
| EROS | A rose given by her little lover (4) |
| MISS | Skip lessons given by her? |
| CALAIS | Mary Tudor said it would be found "lying in my heart" (6) |
| TALLIS | Granted a monopoly on printed music with William Byrd, the Spem in Alium composer who served under Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I (6) |
| ORANGE | William of ___ , byname of King William III, who acceded to the throne in 1689 jointly with Queen Mary II (6) |
| MARTIN | Ricky _ _ _ _ _ _ , byname of Puerto Rican singer/ songwriter known as the King of Latin Pop (6) |
| DOMINO | Byname of the character played by Claudine Auger in the 1965 Bond film Thunderball (6) |
| BONNEY | William H, byname of Billy the Kid (6) |
| AZALEA | Iggy, byname of Amethyst Kelly, Australian singer/ songwriter and rapper born in 1990 (6) |
| STEELE | Tommy, byname of the English entertainer who starred in the musical films Half A Sixpence and Finian's Rainbow (6) |
| AFFAIR | Family ___, Mary J Blige hit (6) |
| VIRGIN | The ___ Mary |
| AGATHA | Dame ___ Mary Clarissa Christie |
| PETRIE | Laura ___ (Mary Tyler Moore character) |
| CRANMER | The Protestant archbishop of Canterbury who was executed when Mary Tudor became queen (7) |
| GREY | Lady Jane -; depicted in a play by Nicholas Rowe and a painting by Paul Delaroche, a queen for nine days before she was beheaded and replaced with Mary Tudor (4) |
| MDXVI | Year that Mary Tudor was born, in roman numerals |
| ELIZABETHI | Mary Tudor successor |
