| BAAL | God of the Phoenicians |
| PALERMO | Capital of the Italian island of Sicily, founded by the Phoenicians in 734 BC (7) |
| CADIZ | City in S.W. Spain on the Bay of -- built by the Phoenicians around 1100 B.C. (5) |
| CARTHAGE | Great city of antiquity in modern day Tunisia that was founded by the Phoenicians of Tyre (8) |
| ALEPH | A help processing the first letter from the Phoenicians (5) |
| TRIPOLI | Founded in the 7th century by the Phoenicians, this city is Libya's capital |
| SOAP | According to Pliny the Elder, the Phoenicians prepared this from goat's tallow and wood ashes |
| BEIRUT | Modern capital founded by the Phoenicians |
| UTICA | Ancient Tunisian centre founded by the Phoenicians |
| ASTARTE | Fertility goddess worshipped by the Phoenicians (7) |
| ALGIERS | Capital city in north Africa (pop about 3.5 million), founded by the Phoenicians (7) |
| ERICE | Historic town in Sicily, (pop about 30,000 founded by the Phoenicians (5) |
| SIDON | Died in heavenly city that was built by the Phoenicians |
| SEMITE | A member of any of the peoples supposed to be descendants of Shem, son of Noah (old testament), i.e. Jews, Arabs, Assyrians, Phoenicians |
| BIREME | Galley with two banks of oars used especially by the ancient Greeks and Phoenicians (6) |
| IBIZA | Island in the Mediterranean, first settled by Phoenicians in 654 BC (5) |
| SEMITES | Hebrews and Phoenicians |
| ETA | Letter derived from Phoenician's "heth" |
| POLYPHEMUS | In Greek mythology, the most famous of the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants), son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and the nymph Thoosa. He captured Odysseus and his 12 companions, who eventually blinded him. Wh |
| HEDERA | - helix ; worn as a crown by god of the grape-harvest Dionysus and supporting some 50 species including the blackbird, the Latin name of the native British woodland plant ivy (6) |
