| PALOS | City that saw Columbus off in 1492 |
| HAVANA | City that saw the Maine sink |
| LA | California city that saw office vacancy mushroom (2) |
| PHILADELPHIA | City in Pennsylvania, US, that saw the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 (12) |
| INDIES | Named by Christopher Columbus in 1492 when he mistakenly believed he was landing in Asia, The Caribb |
| NINA | Ship, along with the Santa Maria and Pinta, that sailed with Columbus in 1492 (4) |
| INDIA | When Columbus arrived in the West Indies in 1492, where did he think he was? (5) |
| BAHAMAS | The ____, island group in the Atlantic where Christopher Columbus first landed in 1492 (7) |
| HAITI | Island visited by Columbus in 1492 |
| PINTA | One of Columbus' ships in 1492 |
| TENERIFE | Columbus landed here in 1492 |
| CUBANS | Columbus met them in 1492 |
| ISABELLA | Spanish queen who sponsored Columbus in 1492 (8) |
| THEINDIES | What Columbus thought he'd reached in 1492 |
| THENDES | What Columbus thought he'd reached in 1492 |
| COLUMBUS | Christopher, explorer who landed in the New World in 1492 (8) |
| TOBRUK | Small port in NE Libya that saw severe fighting in World War II (6) |
| VIMYRIDGE | Battle of ?, conflict in April, 1917 that saw a decisive Allied victory in World War I |
| PETERSBURG | City in Virginia on the Appomattox River that saw the final campaign of the American Civil War (10) |
| DUNKIRK | English name for the port in Nord, France, that saw a mass evacuation of troops in 1940 (7) |
