| KRAKOW | Polish city that, according legend, was founded on the defeat of a dragon (6) |
| GDANSK | Polish city that was the birthplace of the Solidarity movement |
| KATOWICE | Polish city that is the capital of the province of Silesia (8) |
| TORUN | Polish city that is the birthplace of Copernicus |
| ELOBEID | City in the central Sudan that was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi i |
| FISHER | This figure from Arthurian legend was also the title of a Terry Gilliam film, The ... King |
| LYON | A Roman military colony called Lugdunum was founded on the site of this French city in 43 BCE, and it subsequently became the capital of the Gauls. This place reached its peak of classical development |
| AFRICA | Roman province set up after the defeat of Carthage in 146 BC (6) |
| CHIRON | Who, in Greek legend, was a wise and beneficent centaur and teacher of Achilles and others (6) |
| POLLUX | Who, in Greek Legend, was the twin brother of Castor (6) |
| MALORT | Chicago liquor that, according to the Times, "tastes a little like sucking dandelion juice through a straw made of car tires" |
| WYVERN | Fictitious, winged and two-legged monster, combining features of a dragon and griffin (6) |
| GUTTER | Rainwater channel that, according to Oscar Wilde, we're all in, but some of us are looking at the stars (6) |
| ISRAEL | Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest number of museums per capita |
| CHEESE | Dairy food that, according to old phrases/sayings, contrasts with chalk and constitutes the Moon (6) |
| MERLIN | Who, in Arthurian Legend, was a venerable magician (6) |
| OWNAGE | Utter defeat of a rival, slangily |
| CUCKOO | Bird, that according to tradition, can be heard between St Tiburtius' Day (April 14) to St John's Day (June 24) (6) |
| REDRAG | Socialist paper that - according to Spooner - doesn't get Keir Starmer? |
| CONQUEST | The defeat of a hundred taking part in pursuit (8) |
