| ORBI | Papal blessing: To the City (of Rome) and to the World = Urbi et ___ |
| URBIETORBI | To the city (of Rome) and to the globe, in Latin (4,2,4) |
| URBI | ____ et Orbi: a Papal blessing to everybody everywhere |
| ETERNAL | Which adjective is sometimes applied to the city of Rome? (7) |
| OTTORINORESPIGHI | Composer of The Pines of Rome and The Fountains of Rome |
| VATICAN | ? City, independent papal state in the city of Rome (7) |
| REMUS | Twin of Romulus, legendary founder of the city of Rome (5) |
| VIA | Main road from the ancient city of Rome to the south of Italy, the ... Appia |
| OTTORINO | Italian composer whose works include The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome (8,8) |
| RESPIGHI | Italian composer whose works include The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome (8,8) |
| SANTACATALINA | One of the Channel Islands off the California coast; home to the city of Avalon (5,8) |
| CAESAR | Julius ___ Shakespearean protagonist from the eponymous play who hails from the city of Rome |
| ROMULUS | In mythology, the man who founded the city of Rome (7) (7) |
| SEPTETS | Hills of Rome and Wonders of the Ancient World, e.g. |
| NERO | Roman emperor accused of starting the Great Fire of Rome and playing a fiddle during the blaze (4) |
| RIOTED | Ted went to the city of the carnival and put on a disturbance (6) |
| EBRO | Longest river entirely within Spain, used to divide the territories of Rome and Carthage following the First Punic War (264-241 BC) (4) |
| SUBURBICARIAN | Being near the city of Rome |
| TEMPLEBAR | The only surviving gateway to the City of London, completed in 1672 (6,3) |
| VESPASIAN | Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty (9) |