| ETHELRED | ____ the Unready, Anglo-Saxon English king who was father of Edward the Confessor (8) |
| CISSEUS | Thracian king who was father of Theano, the wife of Antenor, and husband of Telecleia, a daughter of King Ilus of Troy, as related in Homer's Iliad (7) |
| HAROLD | ____ II, last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king, who reigned in 1066 (6) |
| HYPERION | Titan who was father of Helios, Selene and Eos in Greek mythology (8) |
| CONQUEST | Major turning point in English history, stemming from events that unfolded a decade earlier during the reign of Edward the Confessor (6,8) |
| AGRICOLA | Roman general who was father-in-law of the historian, Tacitus (8) |
| IRONSIDE | Nickname of Edmund II, English king who resisted the Danish invasion led by Cnut |
| EDMUNDIRONSIDE | Byname of the English king who was Ethelred the Unready's son (6,8) |
| TAMDALYELL | Scottish Labour MP who was Father of the House of Commons from 2001 to 2005 (3,7) |
| TELAMON | In Greek mythology, a king of Salamis who was father of Teucer and Ajax |
| TAPSELL | Peter, politician who was father of the House of Commons 2010-2015 (7) |
| JOAN | Known as the Fair Maid of Kent, the forename of the wife of Edward the Black Prince who was the mother of Richard II (4) |
| LAPETUS | (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mytholo |
| NORMAN | Major turning point in English history, stemming from events that unfolded a decade earlier during the reign of Edward the Confessor (6,8) |
| EDITH | ___ of Wessex (d.1075), Queen of England, wife of Edward the Confessor (5) |
| ISLIP | Village in Oxfordshire that was the birthplace of Edward the Confessor (5) |
| DERISION | No one was father to upset - such a mockery! (8) |
| HAM | Son of Noah who was father of Canaan (3) |
| HENRYI | English king who was the youngest son of William the Conqueror |
| NEHRU | P.M. who was father of another P.M. |
