| HELLENISTIC | Gold taken from historic setting for woman of Greece |
| CRIME | Wrong article taken from historic war zone |
| EARLDOMS | Damsel in distress hides gold taken from Ireland in land belonging to peers |
| LATINATE | Recent setting for woman imitating ancient tongue |
| ANNUITY | Gold's taken from astoundingly irregular payment... (7) |
| MADAM | Address for woman of 26 Acacia Mansions, originally |
| BANSHEES | Creatures named after the Old Irish word for "woman of the fairy mound" |
| FESTERS | Bludges with gold taken away from carers of the bushland (7) |
| AFOOLSERRAND | Area with a type of gold taken to task for getting the newcomer to order the striped paint (1,4'1,6) |
| CAMERAWORK | A Frenchman from historic period meeting women in Cork in the process of setting up the shots (10) |
| AUSPICE | Gold taken with relish - a sign of good things ahead? |
| AGGRO | Silver and gold taken back after end of prize-giving, causing belligerence |
| RAI | Currency in Yap from historic times, these huge carved blocks of limestone are called ... stones |
| AGORA | Silver and gold taken to a marketplace (5) |
| ROCOCO | Florid gold taken up by fashion designer among friends? (6) |
| HOLDSTHEFORT | Temporarily guards and checks gold taken in robbery (5,3,4) |
| LESSOR | Landlord with gold taken away? |
| PRORATA | Puerto Rico's gold taken at America at a certain rate (3,4) |
| CASTE | Station in India left from historic building (5) |
| PASTA | From historic times, a Macaroni, say (5) |
