| THERA | A volcano destroyed the early culture of this Greek island now called Santorini |
| CORFU | Spyridon is the patron saint of this Greek island in the Ionian sea |
| CELTIC | Early culture of Gr. Britain |
| IRIANJAYA | From 1973-2002, the name of the Indonesian half of the island now called Papua or Western New Guinea (5,4) |
| AMOY | Chinese island now called Xiamen |
| VESUVIUS | Which volcano destroyed Pompeii? (8) |
| AESOP | 'The Phrygian has spoken better than all,' the King of Lydia is supposed to have remarked of this Greek slave born around 620BC who put together stories like The Hare And The Tortoise and The Boy Who |
| CRETE | This Greek island became the scene of horrific casualties in May, 1941, as Germans and Italians attacked a combined force of British and Anzac troops |
| EPHESUS | The ruins of this Greek city of Ionian Asia Minor are at Selcuk, Turkey (7) |
| NEMESIS | The name of this Greek mythological figure has come to mean arch-enemy. (7) |
| SIGMA | The upper case form of this Greek letter indicates addition in mathematics |
| TIMOR | Largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands, now divided between Indonesia and an independent former colony of Portugal |
| RETSINA | Army corps girl imbibing last of this Greek wine (7) |
| RHODES | Thorough fare to be had on this Greek island - thoroughfares, by all sounds (6) |
| EPIGONI | In Greek mythology, the descendants of the Seven against Thebes, who eventually destroyed the city (7) |
| ELDEST | Some members of the panel destroyed the chances of the first-born (6) |
| SAMOS | Uncle loves this Greek island (5) |
| SANTORINI | Unfortunately, it rains on this Greek island (9) |
| YELLOWHAMMER | Flyer from island now heading off to get clobber (6,6) |
| CYCLADES | Greek island group in the Aegean Sea which includes Mykonos and Santorini (8) |
