| MAINTENANCE | Ancient name after revolution requires support (11) |
| PERFORMANCE | Maestro earns name after a class act (11) |
| DARDANELLES | Narrow strait separating European from Asian Turkey; ancient name, Hellespont (11) |
| PANTELLERIA | Volcanic Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and the east coast of Tunisia; ancient name, Cossyra (11) |
| INOPERATIVE | It's useless recalling his wife's name after I upset Peron |
| BAPTISMAL | Like nomination process that requires support from sponsors |
| ALGEBRA | A broken leg requires support - letters here set out the problem |
| ARMREST | Frenchman in detention requires support on seat (7) |
| SPOUSE | Wife, maybe, requires support, heading off |
| ASSISTANCE | Idiot CIA sent off requires support (10) |
| RUNNERBEAN | Messenger finds short comic is a little green in the development stage and requires support (6,4) |
| TEENS | Poles require support - they are experiencing major life changes? |
| ISTHMIAN | English football league name after ancient panhellenic games |
| HUNT | Word after "house" (or name after "Helen") |
| ONO | Last name John Lennon took as his middle name after marrying Yoko |
| GA | Chemical symbol for element named after the ancient name for France (2) |
| ISIS | Alternative name for part of the River Thames, derived from its ancient name, Tamesis (4) |
| BIC | When this kind of pen first went on sale it was named after its inventor, Lazlo Biro, with this brand name (after French businessman, Baron Biche) |
| SCANDIA | Ancient name for a N European area |
| OXUS | Ancient name of Asia's Amu Darya river |
