| TASHKENT | City destroyed by Genghis Khan in the 13th Century, now the capital of Uzbekistan (8) |
| CONWY | Coastal stronghold in north Wales built by the English in the 13th century, now part of a Unesco World Heritage site (5) |
| MISCAST | Like John Wayne as Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror" |
| MONGOL | Empire founded by Genghis Khan in 1206 in the Steppe of central Asia. By the late 13th century it reached from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Danube River and the shores of the Persian Gulf in t |
| KARAKORUM | City founded by Genghis Khan in 1220; subsequently capital of the Mongol Empire (9) |
| BUCHANAN | Ancient Scottish clan which is thought to have originated on the eastern side of Loch Lomond, in the 13th Century (8) |
| KIEV | What was once the capital of Russia and is now the capital of the Ukraine and one of the oldest citi |
| SORBONNE | French university established in the 13th Century (8) |
| PERPIGNAN | French town located at the foot of the Pyrenees near the border with Spain, in the 13th century it was the continental capital of the then Kingdom of Mallorca (9) |
| YUAN | Forerunner of China's Ming dynasty, established by the Mongols under Kublai Khan in the late 13th century (4) |
| SIENA | This Italian city was originally an Etruscan settlement that grew to become ancient Roman city. Its cathedral was begun in the 12th century in the Romanesque style but transformed in the 13th century |
| PADUA | It was a centre of art and literature in the Middle Ages. The poet Dante lived there, and St. Anthony is buried there. Its university was founded in the 13th century. The Taming of the Shrew is set t |
| RANDA | Village in Algaida in the centre of Mallorca where the first hermitage on the island was established in the 13th century (5) |
| BOARDOFTRADE | Government department, established in the 17th century, now part of the DIT (5,2,5) |
| INNERTEMPLE | Which of the Inns of Court was thought to have begun in the 13th century when it housed the lawyers who advised the Knights Templar? (5,6) |
| ROMANESQUE | Architectural style from the mid11th Century to the rise of Gothic in the 13th Century (10) |
| ADILRAY | He played Mr Khan in Citizen Khan in the 2010s and presented Lingo since 2021 (4,3) |
| PROVINS | In the 13th century, this town was one of the most important towns in France, with a population of 80,000 inhabitants. It was a prosperous wool centre, and its fairs were famous all over Europe. It wa |
| IRAN | Modern-day country in which explorer Marco Polo allegedly saw the tombs of the Three Wise Men in the 13th century (4) |
| MACRAME | Technique of decorative knotting whose first known use was recorded by the Arabs in the 13th Century |
