| PATNA | City historically known as Pataliputra |
| IZMIR | Turkish city historically known as Smyrna |
| TULSA | ___ Time hit song by country artist Don Williams which is dedicated to the city historically known as the Oil Capital of the World |
| MAURYAN | Ancient Indian empire centred at Pataliputra (later Patna) near the junction of the Son and Ganges (Ganga) rivers. It lasted from about 321 to 185 BCE. (7) |
| LYON | French city historically known for silk |
| SHEPPERTON | -- Studios, historically known as Sound City (10) |
| SALUKI | Tall smooth-coated dog breed historically known as the Persian hound, named after a city of ancient Arabia (6) |
| NAHUATL | Language native to Mexico historically known as Aztec (7) |
| GRAPHITE | Mineral historically known as plumbago |
| AMU | Asia's ___ Darya River (historically known as Oxus) |
| SULPHUR | Chemical element historically known as brimstone (7) |
| IRAN | Country historically known as Persia (4) |
| EASTLOTHIAN | Historically known as Haddingtonshire, Scotland's sunniest region officially, site of its National Museum of Flight (4,7) |
| POUND | Unit of UK currency, historically known as a Bradbury in note form (5) |
| VILLAGE | Historically known as a thorp, a settlement bigger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, often based around a central green and a pub (7) |
| ANATOLIA | Asian part of Turkey historically known as Asia Minor (8) |
| SALTFISHCAPITAL | On the Labrador coast is Battle Harbour, historically known as 'The ___ ___ ___ of the World' |
| UTAH | 'Beehive State' of the western US, historically known as Deseret (4) |
| BOLIVIA | Country historically known as Upper Peru, whose capital is the highest in South America (7) |
| CRAMBO | Rhyming word game (from Latin, 'cabbage') historically known as the ABC of Aristotle (6) |
