| CORSICA | Island ceded to France by Genoa in 1768 |
| GUAM | North Pacific island ceded to the US by Spain in 1898 (4) |
| ALSACELORRAINE | Former German territory ceded to France in 1920 (6-8) |
| ARTICHOKE | Globe -; edible thistle said to have been introduced to France by Catherine de Medici in the 16th century, depicted in designs by William Morris (9) |
| SALAMI | Preserved meat brought from China to France by old sailor, briefly |
| ENGLAND | UK country linked to France by the channel tunnel |
| ALSACE | Territory returned to France by the Treaty of Versailles |
| ENDEAVOUR | Ship commanded by James Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific in 1768 (9) |
| COOK | Commander of the ship Endeavour who set sail with his crew to Tahiti in 1768 to chart the transit of Venus across the Sun (4) |
| JOSEALVAREZ | Spanish sculptor born in 1768 employed by Napoleon to decorate the Ouirinal Palace (4,7) |
| ROYALACADEMY | Society founded by George III in 1768 (5,7) |
| ABI | Walford kid taken to France by her grandad and guardian Max (3,8) |
| BRANNING | Walford kid taken to France by her grandad and guardian Max (3,8) |
| GIBRALTAR | A limestone promontory at the tip of S Spain, settled by Moors in 711, taken by Spain in 1462 and ceded to Britain in 1713 |
| LORRAINE | Former province of France ceded to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war and regained by France in 1919 |
| CHARLOTTE | Large city in North Carolina (pop about 900,000), incorporated in 1768 (9) |
| IGUANA | Genus of lizard first described by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768 |
| ACADEMY | The A of RA, the British art organisation founded in 1768 |
| CANALETTO | Venetian painter who died in 1768 (9) |
| REYNOLDS | First president of the Royal Academy in 1768, artist Sir Joshua ... |
