| WESTBERLIN | Political exclave in Europe that existed between 1949 and 1990 |
| BONN | This city was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1990 (4) |
| AVON | County in the south west of England that existed between 1974 and 1996 (4) |
| USSR | Eurasian state that existed between 1922 and 1991 (1,1,1,1) |
| USTASHE | Croatian ultranationalist group that existed between 1929 and 1945 (7) |
| RMDS | Riley drophead coupes made between 1949 and 1951 (4) |
| TETHYS | Ocean that existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia during much of the Mesozoic era |
| NODDY | Titular wooden protagonist of 24 books published by English author Enid Blyton between 1949 and 1963 (5) |
| LUXEMBOURG | Grand duchy in Europe that was a founder member of the Common Market |
| PETHATE | Main object of dislike in Europe - that extremist |
| LEI | ... money elsewhere in Europe that is left back (3) |
| OLEANDER | Flower in Europe that chokes slender shrub |
| THIRTYYEARSWAR | 17th-century religious conflict in Europe that included the Battle of Lutzen (6,5,3) |
| TRIPLEENTENTE | What informal alliance existed between Britain, France and Russia in the early twentieth century as a counterbalance to the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy? (6.7) |
| SICILY | It is an island in southern Italy. Palermo became the capital of the kingdom that existed here. In Antony and Cleopatra (act 3, scene 6), Octavius Caesar says, "Caesar, and that having in ___ / Sextus |
| PARRIS | Matthew, political journalist and broadcaster born in 1949 and formerly a Conservative MP (6) |
| HOLY | Political confederation in western and central Europe that dissolved in 1806 (4,5,6) |
| HOLYROMANEMPIRE | Political confederation in westem and central Europe that dissolved in 1806 (4,5,6) |
| RHODESIA | Country which existed between 1965 and 1979 (8) |
| PANGAEA | Supercontinent which existed between about 335 and 200 million years ago |
