| ASSYRIAN | Member of an ancient empire centred around the cities of Assur and Nineveh |
| ASSYRIA | Ancient kingdom of northern Mesopotamia whose chief cities were Assur and Nineveh (7) |
| IRAQ | Modern-day home of the ancient city of Assur |
| LAYARD | Whose excavations at Nimrud and Nineveh (1845-51) uncovered the Assyrian palace reliefs and the library of Ashurbanipal? (6) |
| ONDAATJE | Author of a novel centred around the lives of a nurse, a sapper, a thief and eponymous "English" patient (8) |
| BLEAKHOUSE | Novel by Charles Dickens centred around the Chancery case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce |
| HITTITE | Member of a tribe of ancient people who established an empire centred on Hattusa in Anatolia around |
| VESUVIUS | The eruption of this volcano in 79 CE buried the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and lapilli and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow. (8) |
| ROME | Drama set at the birth of an ancient empire (4) |
| ATLANTEAN | Inhabitant of an ancient empire mentioned by Plato, which was submerged by the gods (9) |
| PARTHIANS | People of an ancient empire on the silk road |
| ASSYRIANS | Inhabitants of an ancient kingdom of northern Mesopotamia, maybe living in Assur or Nineveh |
| DRKILDARE | TV series centred around the life of a young intern at Blair General Hospital (2,7) |
| KILDARE | TV series centred around the life of a young intern at Blair General Hospital, Dr ... |
| PAXROMANA | Peace which existed between nationalities of an ancient empire (3,6) |
| INCAS | South American Indians, members of an ancient empire (5) |
| CARTHAGE | Capital of an ancient empire based in north Africa (8) |
| RASTAFARI | Politico-religious movement centred around the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I (9) |
| MAURYAN | Ancient Indian empire centred at Pataliputra (later Patna) near the junction of the Son and Ganges (Ganga) rivers. It lasted from about 321 to 185 BCE. (7) |
| INCA | Constituent of an ancient empire |
