| MERCIA | Historic kingdom of central England that reached its height under King Offa in the latter half of the eighth century (6) |
| LEON | Historic kingdom of Spain |
| HEADROOM | Height under a bridge |
| EGBERT | King of Wessex (802 - 839) who conquered Mercia in 829, having been exiled by Offa in 789 (6) |
| TRENT | River of central England that merges with the Ouse to form the Humber estuary (5) |
| AVON | River of central England that flows to the River Severn at Tewkesbury (4) |
| HUANGHUA | Chinese diplomat instrumental in normalising relations with the US and Japan in the latter half of the 20th century; Minister of Foreign Affairs 1976-83 (5,3) |
| SAVONAROLA | Religious and political reformer in Florence in the latter half of the 15th century (10) |
| SPHERES | Ancient idea that saw the movement of the planets in the heavens as a kind of dance, the music of th |
| EVENTING | Time in the latter half of the day for the horsey set (8) |
| WESTERNS | Cowboy movies, often set in the latter half of the 19th century (8) |
| LORDDERBY | He had three brief periods as British prime minister in the latter half of the 19th century, never with a majority government (4,5) |
| WANDER | And in the latter half of the answer, speak incoherently (6) |
| MAYA | Member of an ancient Mexican civilization that reached its peak in the 9th century |
| YAKUZA | Member of a Japenese gangster organisation that reached its peak in the 1960s (6) |
| AMELIA | Earhart who shows up in the latter half of "American Horror Story: Double Feature" |
| LYON | A Roman military colony called Lugdunum was founded on the site of this French city in 43 BCE, and it subsequently became the capital of the Gauls. This place reached its peak of classical development |
| SOLOMON | Some of the most savage fighting in the Pacific in WWII occurred over the British protectorate of th |
| NICER | It's tastier, I see, in the latter half of dinner (5) |
| RIDGE | The Blue ___ Mountains Of Virginia, location sung about in the Laurel and Hardy song The Trail Of Th |
