| THIRDREPUBLIC | Governmental system in France from 1870-1940 (5,8) |
| STOCKHOLM | European capital that contains the Great Synagogue dating from 1870 (9) |
| DEADEND | In France, from a port in Yemen, initially decide this is where we must stop (4,3) |
| VICHY | Town which was seat of the collaborationist government in France from 1940-44 (5) |
| GENDARMES | Will they provide protection in France from potential dangers surrounding me? (9) |
| DIRECTORY | The ___, revolutionary government in France from 1795-99 (9) |
| GUILLOTINE | Official means of execution in France from 1791 to 1981 (10) |
| VALOIS | Royal house that ruled in France from 1328 to 1589 (6) |
| GRIS | Juan ___, Spanish cubist painter, resident in France from 1906 |
| STERES | Metric units of volume equivalent to a cubic metre, used in France from 1793, mainly as a measure for firewood (6) |
| OLDFRENCH | Language spoken in France from about the 9th to 15th centuries (3,6) |
| BOURBON | A member of the European royal line that ruled in France from 1589 to 1793 (7) |
| NOYADE | Execution by drowning, as practised during the Reign of Terror at Nantes in France from 1793-94 (6) |
| NAPOLEONIC | The - Code is a legal system in France |
| ANCIENREGIME | The political and social system in France before the Revolution of 1789 |
| ANCIEN | ___ regime (pre-1789 political system in France) |
| MINITEL | Public videotext system in France (7) |
| METRO | Paris _, a rapid transit system in France (5) |
| DEMOCRACY | Popular western governmental system |
| REGIME | Governmental system (6) |