| BASTILLE | Parisian prison destroyed in the French Revolution (8) |
| UNAWARES | A fight ending in shame, in sun destroyed, in the dark (8) |
| CHIVALRY | Larch Ivy destroyed in the name of gallantry (8) |
| CARTHAGE | Ancient city that was destroyed in the Punic Wars |
| SANSCULOTTES | Lower-class Parisian republicans in the French Revolution (4-8) |
| DANTON | A major figure in the French Revolution, whose moderate attitude in the Reign of Terror led to his own public execution (6) |
| GEORGESDANTON | The first president of the Committee of Public Safety in the French Revolution |
| MTDOOM | Where the Ring is destroyed in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| CLINK | London prison destroyed during the Gordon Riots of 1780 (5) |
| MARAT | Jean-Paul ---, Swiss-born radical journalist and politician in the French Revolution, killed in his bath tub (5) |
| ROBESPIERRE | Maximilien ___, a key figure in the French Revolution until his overthrow and execution in 1794 (11) |
| TERROR | It reigned in the French Revolution |
| ELM | Symbol of liberty in the French Revolution |
| THESCARLET | Adventure story set in the French Revolution, ... Pimpernel (3,7) |
| DUBARRY | Madame - -; mistress of Louis XV guillotined in the French Revolution (2,5) |
| TUMBRIL | Guillotine cart for carrying prisoners in the French Revolution (7) |
| LOUVRE | Palace which became a museum in the French Revolution |
| REDFLAG | This traditional signal of defiance became a symbol of left-wing politics after being used in the French Revolution (3,4) |
| LENS | Industrial town in North France that was completely destroyed in the First World War (4) |
| TRADECENTER | World --- ---, skyscraper complex destroyed in the September 11 attacks in 2001 (5,6) |
