| GALLIANO | A sweet Italian herbal liqueur created in 1896 (8) |
| GRANDMARNIER | Orange-flavoured French liqueur created in 1880 (5,7) |
| SOUTHERNCOMFORT | Liqueur created by a New Orleans bartender in 1874 (2 wds.) |
| BALSAMIC | A dark, sweet Italian vinegar made in the Modena region (8) |
| STREGA | Yellow Italian herbal liqueur produced since 1860 in Benevento, Campania |
| AMARO | Italian herbal liqueur whose name means "bitter" |
| CYNAR | Italian herbal liqueur |
| KLONDIKE | Region in the Yukon in NW Canada that was the site of rich gold deposits discovered in 1896 (8) |
| LABOHEME | Opera by Giacomo Puccini, which premiered in Turin in 1896 (2,6) |
| OLYMPICS | The first modern one was held in Athens in 1896 |
| QUOVADIS | Henryk Sienkiewicz novel first published in book in 1896 (3,5) |
| LEIGHTON | First painter to be given a peerage in 1896 |
| BARCLAYS | In 1896, Gurney & Co, Norwich, were one of 20 private banking firms that joined together to form this well-known bank (8) |
| ETONMESS | English summer dessert thought to have been first mentioned in print by Arthur Beavan in 1896 (4,4) |
| ATHENIAN | RIO 2016: Spectator at the first modern Olympics in 1896 |
| MARATHON | Race devised for the first modern Olympics in 1896 |
| GENOA | Name in Britain of a fruitcake which is a variation on the sweet Italian Christmas bread pandolce (5) |
| DOLCE | Sweet Italian life, perhaps, getting a cent on benefits (5) |
| CHARTREUSE | Flavoured with some 130 botanicals including angelica, citrus peel, lemon verbena and star anise, a herbal liqueur distilled by French monks (10) |
| GENEPI | Traditional herbal liqueur similar to absinthe from the Savoy region of Europe |
