| FOGGIA | City in Puglia, Italy that was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 1731 (6) |
| THEWONDERYEARS | ABC comedy-drama that was partially set at William McKinley High School: 3 wds. |
| ERRED | Made a mistake that was partially inferred (5) |
| AGADIR | Port in SW Morocco that was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1960 (6) |
| PHAROS | Lighthouse built on an island off Alexandria in Egypt, destroyed by an earthquake in the 14c (6) |
| CANNAE | Village in Italy that was scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans in 216 BC (6) |
| LISBON | Capital city destroyed by an earthquake in 1755 (6) |
| URBINO | Walled city in central Italy that was the birthplace of Raphael (6) |
| VERONA | City in northern Italy that was under Austrian rule from 1797 to 1866 (6) |
| MARTHA | ____ Washington, the First Lady of the first U.S. president born in 1731 (6) |
| TSETSE | Transmitter of sleeping sickness whose spread through Africa was partially attributed in 1950s research bulletin to it being carried on goods trains (6) |
| ALBERT | Name of the prince consort after whom the V&A was partially named (6) |
| BANKSY | Artist whose work "Girl with Balloon" was partially shredded after being sold at a Sotheby's auction in 2018 |
| COWPER | William ___, English poet (1731-1800) and writer of hymns including God Moves in a Mysterious Way, which coined the titular proverb (6) |
| DAHLIA | Flowery type had upset half of Puglia (6) |
| KRAKATOA | A volcanic island in Indonesia, in the Sunda Strait, partially destroyed by its eruption in 1883 (8) |
| MANAGUA | Which city in Nicaragua was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1972? (7) |
| POMPEII | Ancient city in Italy that was buried by an eruption of Vesuvius (7) |
| MONTE | Site of a Benedictine monastery in central Italy that was accidentally destroyed by the Allies in 19 |
| CASSINO | Site of a Benedictine monastery in central Italy that was accidentally destroyed by the Allies in 19 |