| PAPAL | And 13 The temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 until the unification of Italy in 1870 (5) |
| STATES | The temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 until the unification of Italy in 1870 (6) |
| PAPALSTATES | Temporal domain of the popes from 756 AD until the unification of Italy in 1870 (5.6) |
| TEMPTATION | And 13 The -, 2018 novel by Santa Montefiore (10,2,6) |
| CASERTA | Town in Campania that was the centre of Garibaldi's campaigns for the unification of Italy |
| GARIBALDI | Patriot who led the unification of Italy in the 1860's (9) |
| AVIGNON | Six 14th-century conclaves took place at the Palace of the Popes, in this city in a former papal enclave |
| RISORGIMENTO | The period of the political unification of Italy in the 19c (12) |
| PRYCE | He played one of the popes in The Two Popes |
| VATICAN | The palace of the popes in Rome (7) |
| ASHER | Brother of Gad in Genesis 30:10-13; the younger of Jacob and Zilpah's two sons (5) |
| AMYGDALA | Part of the temporal lobe of the brain chiefly responsible for emotional processing; from Greek, 'almond' (8) |
| KAISER | Title assumed in 1870 by the Prussian king Wilhelm I following the unification of Germany (6) |
| BORGIA | Italo-Spanish family which produced two popes in the 15th Century, patrons of the arts who helped the Renaissance (6) |
| SISTINE | _ Chapel, the chapel of the Pope in the Vatican at Rome, famous for its Renaissance frescoes by Michelangelo and others (7) |
| CASTEL | And 8 Summer residence of the pope, in Lazio, Italy, on Lake Albano just south of Rome (6,8) |
| HILARY | - of Poitiers; saint whose feast day falls on January 13, the coldest day of the year according to folklore (6) |
| SEA | This type of weed is one of 13 the best fertilisers for assisting root growth (thanks to its high level of phosphorus) (3) |
| BISMARCK | Prussian prince, 1815-1898, nicknamed the Iron Chancellor, who oversaw the unification of Germany (8) |
| GANDOLFO | Summer residence of the pope, in Lazio, Italy, on Lake Albano just south of Rome (6,8) |
