| DIEBRUCKE | First group of German Expressionist painters, founded in Dresden in 1905 and disbanded in 1913; 'The Bridge' (3,6) |
| WORLD | Paper that ran the first crossword in 1913, the New York ___ |
| AMADEUSQUARTET | World-famous British string group founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1987 (7,7) |
| WARSAWPACT | An alliance of east European countries formed in 1955 and disbanded in 1991 (6,4) |
| DUMA | Elective legislative assembly of Russia established by tsar Nicholas II in 1905 and overthrown by the Bolsheviks in 1917 (4) |
| EASTBOURNE | South coast resort where Debussy stayed in 1905 and completed the orchestration of La Mer (10) |
| GUNN | Who was born in Melbourne in 1870 and wrote The Little Black Princess (1905) and We of the Never-Never (1908) (4) |
| COBB | Member of the first group of inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| BLAUEREITER | Der ... ... , the art book which gave its title to a group of Expressionist painters based in Munich (5,6) |
| TANNHAUSER | Richard Wagner opera that was first produced in Dresden in 1845 (10) |
| INTERMEZZO | Two-act opera by Richard Strauss first performed in Dresden in 1924 (10) |
| EASTGERMAN | Point at French neighbour who spent some time in Dresden in the past (4,6) |
| ROCKBOTTOM | With 133, the name of the band whose members appear in the theme answers. (They disbanded in 2012 af |
| ETA | Initials of the Basque separatist group formed in 1959 and formally disbanded in 2018 (3) |
| JULYPLOT | Failed conspiracy of a group of German officers to kill Hitler in 1944 (4,4) |
| DERROSENKAVALIER | Three-act opera by Richard Strauss premiered in Dresden in 1911 (3,13) |
| CROMAGNON | Term for the first group of modern homo sapiens to settle in Europe |
| STASI | Common name for the secret police force of the former republic of East Germany, disbanded in 1990 (5) |
| WOLFPACK | Term for an attacking group of German submarines in World War Two (8) |
| MEINHOFGANG | Group of German urban guerrillas also called the Red Army Faction (6-7,4) |
