Complete Clue List
Across
3. Misspelling disclaimer after "The cat went to London to visit the Kween" (Lat)
6. Feline-sounding stimulant used by Arabian leaders, perhaps?
8. Regnal number of the infamous King Henry
9. Tongan king reigns over this island
11. Ruling English house of 8A
12. Jester's locale?
13. Pointy tool used by castle cobblers
14. Hard tree knot
16. Medieval capital of Flanders
18. Brandy classification (1,1,1)
19. Mischief-maker, possibly a Jester
21. Pendennis Castle is near this Cornwall river
22. Feudal Lord's estates
23. Elizabethan or Victorian
24. Paul Burns was this for Queen Elizabeth II
25. Dirge for a monarch?
26. Regnal number of Richard of Bordeaux
27. Whichever
28. Alnwick Castle is in this region of England (9 or 5,4)
31. The region of The Valley of the Kings can be described as this
33. Torosay Castle is on this Scottish Isle
36. Bid farewell to Umberto II
37. Roman poet who wrote "Metamorphoses" during the reign of Augustus
38. Leather worker in the Royal stables
39. Opulent, like a castle's grandest room
Down
1. Medieval feast favourite: suckling ___
2. George III was known as "The ___ King"
3. One of the Round Table Knights (3,8)
4. King during the Saxon Wars
5. Thee or thou
6. "Grandmother of Europe" 1819-1901 (5,8)
7. Palace and fortress on the banks of the River Thames (5,2,6)
9. Castle ramparts role
10. This was possibly housed in a Henrician fort (9,4)
15. Exploit
17. Once around the Hippodrome in your chariot
20. "We ___ not amused"
29. Schloss Hugenpoet and Schloss Berge are in this West German region
30. The Medici Citadel is on the banks of this river in Florence
31. UK Parliamentary decree: Succession to the Crown ___
32. McKellen who played King Lear (2008)
34. Eggs, but not fit for a King's breakfast
35. A drink not normally consumed in medieval castles