| MARYRAND | One of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution (8) |
| GEORGIA | Last of the Thirteen Colonies in the US that revolted against the British to be established (7) |
| MARYLAND | One of the original 13 colonies that formed the United States (8) |
| NH | One of the Thirteen Colonies: abbr. |
| PONTIAC | Famed 18th-century Ottawa chief, a great leader of inter-tribal resistance against British rule in the Great Lakes area (7) |
| MALACODA | Leader of the thirteen demons who guard Bolgia Five of the eighth circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno |
| CAROLINA | One of the 13 original states of the USA, capital Raleigh (5,8) |
| SRINAGAR | City in Kashmir, under Mughal rule in the late Middle Ages (8) |
| VIRGINIA | One of the 13 original US states (8) |
| COLONIES | 13 in the American Revolution |
| ULTERIOR | Corrupt trio rule in the future (8) |
| BOADICEA | She revolted against Rome |
| DEL | One of the 13 colonies: Abbr. |
| EASTERRISING | Armed insurrection that took place in Dublin in April 1916 against British rule in Ireland (6,6) |
| PARIS | Treaty of ___ (recognition of the 13 colonies' independence) |
| LOYALISTS | Residents of the 13 colonies also known as King's Men |
| NORTHCAROLINA | 'Tar Heel State' of the south-eastern US; one of the original Thirteen Colonies (5,8) |
| NORTH | One of the 13 original states of the USA, capital Raleigh (5,8) |
| BRITISHSUBJECTS | Colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, e.g. |
| ARNOLD | Benedict, American officer who shifted allegiance to the British in the American Revolution (6) |
