| KNOXVILLE | First state capital of Tennessee, from 1796 to 1812 and again from 1817 to 1818 (9) |
| JOSEPHINE | Empress of France as wife of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1796 to 1809 |
| MONROE | Fifth President of the US (surname), from 1817 to 1825 (6) |
| OHIGGINS | Bernardo, supreme director of Chile from 1817 to 1823 (1'7) |
| GRIMM | German brothers (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Karll who compiled an anthology of fairy tales between 1812 and 1822 (5) |
| SPENCERPERCEVAL | Britain's only assassinated prime minister, in office from 1809 to 1812 (7,8) |
| LAFITTE | French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826). |
| TURKU | Finland's capital city prior to 1812 (5) |
| NOCTURNE | Short romantic composition for solo piano, originated by Irish composer John Field in 1812 and popularised by Frederic Chopin (8) |
| WAROF | Lead-in to 1812 or attrition |
| NASHVILLE | State capital of Tennessee and home to the Country Music Hall of Fame (9) |
| CHURCHILL | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, Winston _ (9) |
| TIMHENMAN | Retired British tennis star ranked British No 1 in 1996 and again from 1999 to 2005 (3,6) |
| ANCELOTTI | Real Madrid coach after Jose Mourinho, and again from 2021, Carlo ... (9) |
| CATHERINE | ___ the Great, empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 (9) |
| PIERRE | The prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984, _ Trudeau (6) |
| BEARCAT | Classic Stutz sports models built from 1912 to 1924, and again from 1931 to 1934 (7) |
| EAGLE | Influential British children's comic published from 1950 to 1969 and again from 1982 to 1994 (5) |
| MONARO | Successful Aussie coupe, built from 1968 to 1977, and again from 2001 to 2005/6 (6) |
| AVERT | Stop in state capital of Tennessee |
