| IMARET | Hostel for pilgrims, built throughout the Ottoman Empire between 14th-19th centuries (6) |
| UMAYYAD | The first great Muslim dynasty to rule the Caliphate empire between 661 and 750 (7) |
| RENAISSANCE | Art movement that originated in Europe between 14th and 17th century marking the transition from the middle ages to modernity |
| IMARETS | Hostels for pilgrims in, Turkey, etc (7) |
| HELOTS | New hostel for the humble (6) |
| FATIMA | Fellow writer's at a nursing centre for pilgrims (6) |
| SEVRES | The location, near Paris, of France's pre-eminent porcelain factory in the 18th and 19th centuries (6) |
| MECCAS | Destinations for pilgrims |
| MOBCAP | In the 18th and 19th centuries, a woman's frilly puffed white cambric or muslin indoor bonnet tied under the chin with kissing-strings (3,3) |
| GOTHIC | -- Revival, architectural style popular in 18th and 19th centuries (6) |
| SCARF | From Old French for "pilgrim's pouch or scrip", a word for an official or soldier's sash for carrying things originally, later for a length/square of cloth for the neck or shoulders (5) |
| ABERDARON | Village on the western tip of the Llyn peninsula, the last stopping place for pilgrims to Ynys Enlli (9) |
| LOURDES | French shrine that's a destination for pilgrims, especially those seeking a cure for illness |
| SAMURAI | Member of the Japanese warrior caste that dominated the military aristocracy from the 11th to the 19th centuries (7) |
| DERWENT | The valleys of Derbyshire, including this one, became important sites for textile mills in the 18th and early 19th centuries. UNESCO designated these mills and the surrounding landscape a World Herita |
| YMCA | Hostel for young people (4) |
| CANTERBURYTALES | Can't betray rules set out for pilgrims' stories (10,5) |
| MECCANO | It could make model city for pilgrims running up |
| SITTINGBOURNE | Kent town, once a noted stopping-place for pilgrims to Canterbury (13) |
| EASTINDIAMAN | General name for certain ships used by the major European trading powers from the 17th to 19th centuries, some of which were known as "tea clippers" |
