| BRINDISI | Ancient South East Italian port, end point of the Roman Appian Way and a centre of the Crusades in the Middle Ages (8) |
| KHMER | Ancient south-east Asian kingdom with its capital at Angkor (5) |
| ALABAMA | A centre of research and a centre of automation in US state (7) |
| USA | Part of the crusade in the States (1,1,1) |
| AMRITSAR | City in India's north-west Punjab and a centre of the Sikh religion (8) |
| SEDUCE | Charm south-east Italian leader (6) |
| NET | Landing gear for fishing from e.g. a pier (*port end) (4,3) |
| DROP | Landing gear for fishing from e.g. a pier (*port end) (4,3) |
| DROPNET | Landing gear for e.g. pier fishing (*port end) (4,3) |
| TEMPLAR | Knights ---, Catholic military order linked to the Crusades in the 12th Century (7) |
| CRYPTOGRAM | Stuff intercepted by port ends in Germany breaking coded message (10) |
| HOME | End of the ladder (and the end point of the journey) |
| FILEY | Seaside town in North Yorkshire that is the end point of the Yorkshire Wolds Way (5) |
| MORTLAKE | Southwest London suburb that is the end point of the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race (8) |
| DOCTOREDUP | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| IRONCOVE | Bay in Parramatta River, the end point of the Greenway (4,4) |
| ROME | European capital built on seven hills; the start (or end) point of the Via Appia (4) |
| NOME | Alaskan town which is the end point of the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (4) |
| INSIDEOUT | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| BARBICAN | Outer defence of a walled city and a centre for performing arts in London (8) |
