| GIUSEPPEGARIBALDI | Italian patriot and leader of the Risorgimento who conquered Sicily and Naples for the emerging kingdom of Italy in 1860 |
| GARIBALDI | Giuseppe, Italian patriot and leader of the Risorgimento (9) |
| MAZZINI | Young Italy founder who was one of the Risorgimento leaders (7) |
| LEOPARD | The ____ is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa about Sicily in the Risorgimento |
| BAYONET | Naples, for example, is No 1 and the capital for old-style fighting (7) |
| PLEASANT | Change at Naples for Nice |
| MARSALA | Town in Trapani, Sicily, associated with the 1860 Expedition of the Thousand in the Italian Risorgimento (7) |
| RAINHILL | Place of, and name of, famous 1829 'Trials' on the emerging Liverpool and Manchester Railway (8) |
| MILAZZO | Town on the north coast of Sicily whose port is a departure point for ferries to the Aeolian Islands and Naples (7) |
| CROME | A founding member and leader of the Norwich School who painted The Beaters, The Poringland Oak and Mousehold Heath (5) |
| ORSINI | Felice, Italian patriot and revolutionary who tried to assassinate Napoleon III (6) |
| ALEXANDER | King of Macedon who conquered Greece, Egypt and the Persian Empire, known as 'the Great' (9) |
| PANT | The 'Emerging Player of the Year' as per the 2018 ICC Awards. (4) |
| GAITSKELL | Hugh ---, Leader of the British Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition 1955-1963 (9) |
| FOOT | Michael ---, Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition 1980-1983 (4) |
| AGAMEMNON | King of Mycenae and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan war (9) |
| ERNST | And 12 Best Director Oscar nominee for The Love Parade, The Patriot and Heaven Can Wait (5,8) |
| ZENOBIA | 3rd-century queen of Palmyra who conquered Egypt and much of Asia Minor before being captured and exiled by the Roman emperor Aurelian (7) |
| THEGREAT | Macedonian king who conquered most of the known world in the 4th century BCE, Alexander ... (3,5) |
| ITALIAN | Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 was composed in Berlin and first performed in London but it's still known by this name reflecting the influence of Rome and Naples |
