| GPO | Headquarters of the 1916 Rising (3) |
| RYANSDAUGHTER | Epic film set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland (5,8) |
| DUBLIN | Location of the 1916 Easter Rising (6) |
| RESPIGHI | Italian composer of the 1916 symphonic poem Fountains of Rome (8) |
| WACO | Texas city, scene of the 1916 lynching of Jesse Washington (4) |
| DWGRIFFITH | Director of the 1916 film 'Intolerance' |
| MOD | Headquarters of the British Armed Forces (3) |
| IRISHREPUBLIC | Independent state of Ireland from which lasted from its proclamation in the 1916 Easter Rising until the Anglo-Irish Treaty was ratified in 1922 (5,8) |
| SLC | HQ of the LDS church |
| SCHEER | Richard, German naval commander at the 1916 battle of Jutland (6) |
| JUTLAND | The 1916 naval battle |
| ROBINS | Brooklyn team that lost the 1916 and '20 World Series |
| BERLIN | City selected to host the 1916 Olympics (6) |
| GALLANT | The 1916 Proclamation refers to "_ allies in Europe". (7) |
| BROOKKERITH | 'The ------ ', 1916 novel by George Moore (5,6) |
| HANGZHOU | The Grand Canal of China, the world's longest canal, connects Beijing to which city, also known for being the headquarters of the Alibaba Group? |
| NAHA | In 1945, what city became the headquarters of the US military government of the Japanese Ryukyu Isla |
| PENTAGON | The ---, five-sided building in Arlington, Virginia, that houses the headquarters of the US Department of Defense (8) |
| THEPENTAGON | Five-sided building in Arlington, Virginia, housing the headquarters of the US Department of Defense (3,8) |
| LUBYANKA | Popular name for the headquarters of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow |
