| KELLS | Irish town that gave its name to an ancient book of Latin Gospels (5) |
| RIGVEDA | The first of the four ancient books of the Hindus (7) |
| BOOKOFKELLS | 8th century Latin gospels housed in Dublin (4,2,5) |
| ODES | Collection in four books of Latin lyric poems by Horace, published from 23 to 13 BC (4) |
| PHAEDRUS | Roman author of five books of Latin verse fables, based chiefly on Aesop |
| EDDA | Ancient books of Norse mythology (4) |
| IONIA | Ancient land that lent its name to an order of architecture |
| SOMME | Which French river gave its name to an infamous battle of WWI? (5) |
| ALAMO | Former Spanish mission in Texas that gives its name to an 1836 battle (5) |
| SIENA | Tuscan city famed for its Palio pony race, scallop-shaped central piazza or square and for giving its name to an earthy pigment used en plein air (5) |
| SAMBA | Dance style that lends its name to an Adidas shoe style |
| PEMBO | Abbreviated name of a county that gave its name to a breed of Corgi, where Tenby and Marloes form part of one of the three Welsh national parks (5) |
| LOTUS | Aquatic plant which gives its name to an asana in yoga |
| INDUS | River giving its name to an early civilisation |
| CAPRI | Campanian island that gave its name to a style of tapered "pants" (5) |
| EBOLA | River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that gave its name to a deadly virus (5) |
| MOIRA | ___ Reid, founder of Moyclare garden in Cornwall, gives her name to an astrantia cultivar (5) |
| NYSTAD | Swedish town that gave its name to the last peace treaty of the Great Northern War of 1700?1721 |
| AXMINSTER | Devon town that gave its name to a type of carpet (9) |
| SCHENGEN | Town in Luxembourg that gave its name to an agreement that provided for the removal of border controls between participating countries |
