Across
- 1. A group of people forming a tribe or nation.
- 2. A person employed by a government or other organization to secretly obtain information on an enemy or competitor.
- 4. A mythical sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish, conventionally depicted as beautiful and with long flowing golden hair.
- 8. An obligation or prohibition magically imposed on a person.
- 9. A large, splendid house or place of entertainment.
- 12. The subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force.
- 13. An elaborate and formal meal for many people.
- 17. People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth.
- 18. (in a sport or game) A series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize.
- 19. A male ruler.
Down
- 1. A small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers.
- 3. A substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed.
- 5. The power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.
- 6. A contest with deadly weapons arranged between two people in order to settle a point of honour.
- 7. Charm and allure.
- 10. The ceremony of crowning a sovereign or a sovereign's consort.
- 11. A person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated.
- 14. A mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior.
- 15. A person or body of persons having judicial authority to hear and resolve disputes in.
- 16. The son of a monarch.