| BRESCIA | City in Lombardy which was at its height in the 16th century (7) |
| ARTDECO | What style of interior decoration, jewellery, architecture, etc was at its height in the 1930s? (3,4) |
| NINETYNINE | When Y2K frenzy was at its peak |
| SUEZ | Canal in the Middle East which was at the centre of an international crisis in 1956 (4) |
| ATHENS | Greek city which was at that time in firstrate society (6) |
| SPANISH | At its height, in the late 1700s, this empire included the Philippines and large portions of the Americas. (7) |
| NAUGHTY | Bad part of summer at its height in American city (7) |
| AHAGGAR | Name for a large plateau in the north centre of the Sahara, on the Tropic of Cancer, North Africa. Its height is above 3,000 feet (900 metres), culminating in Mount Tahat in southeastern Algeria. (7) |
| READYTO | At its height, which weekly New Zealand pop chart television show was watched by about a third of the population? (5,2,4) |
| TORNADO | The storm at its height and nothing damaged? (7) |
| PUNKS | Members of an antiestablishment movement at its height in the mid-1970s (5) |
| DECO | Art ---, style of interiors, jewellery and architecture at its height in the 1930s (4) |
| WITHERS | Ridge at the base of a horse'd neck, from which its height is measured (7) |
| GRAPHIC | Rag trade put height in the picture if it was clearly described (7) |
| CREMONA | City in Lombardy, Italy on the River Po, noted for the manufacture of fine violins (7) |
| BERGAMO | Cathedral city in Lombardy (pop 120,000), granted city status in 49 BC (7) |
| ROLL | At its height, which weekly New Zealand pop chart television show was watched by about a third of the population? (5,2,4) |
| INFULLBLOOM | Like the wind when at its height? (2,4,5) |
| MIDDAY | I had daughter in spring when sun's at its height (6) |
| INFULLCRY | Like the shouting match when at its height? (2,4,3) |
