| ANTIOCH | Ancient city in modern-day Turkey that was a centre of St Paul's missions (7) |
| OUDH | Region in central Uttar Pradesh, India that was a centre of the Indian 5 Mutiny of 1857-58 (4) |
| ANDALUSIA | Autonomous region of Spain that was a centre of Moorish civilisation (9) |
| OBERLIN | College that was a center of abolitionism |
| HITTITE | Member of an ancient people of Anatolia who settled in modern-day Turkey in the early second millennium BC (7) |
| ORVIETO | City in modern-day Umbria, annexed by Rome in the 3rd Century BCE (7) |
| LYSTRA | Ancient city in modern-day Turkey - where St Paul healed a lame man (6) |
| EPHESUS | Ancient city in modern Turkey containing the Temple of Artemis (7) |
| YUCATAN | Peninsula in south-eastern Mexico which was a centre of the Mayan Empire (7) |
| SMYRNA | Ancient city in modern-day Turkey, now called Izmir |
| XANTHUS | Chief city of ancient Lycia taken by the Romans whose remains lie in present-day Turkey (7) |
| TROY | City in modern-day Turkey founded around 4500 years ago, and destroyed after a 10-year siege (4) |
| RISOTTO | Dish is too much in centre of St-Tropez (7) |
| DUPORTH | My first husband, a top financier from Putford, now lives about one mile from the centre of St Austell (7) |
| TARSUS | Ancient capital of Cilicia in modern- day Turkey; the birthplace of St Paul (6) |
| BABYLON | Ancient ruined city in modern Iraq (7) |
| DIOGENES | Greek philosopher from Sinope, in modern-day Turkey, a proponent of the ideological school of Cynicism (8) |
| REVENUE | Proceeds from centre of street scene (7) |
| CHAGALL | Artist born in modern-day Belarus who resided in France for much of his life |
| SASSIER | Sister eats turkey that is with more sauce (7) |
