| CADIZ | Port in Andalusia, SW Spain, founded about 1100 BC |
| MALAGA | Port in Andalusia |
| IRONAGE | The period of human history that began in the Middle East about 1100 BC |
| CUMAE | The oldest Greek colony in Italy, founded about 750 BC near Naples |
| HUELVA | City in SW Spain near the Portuguese border founded by Carthaginians (6) |
| CRETE | Greek island in which the Minoan civilisation flourished circa 3000-1100 BC |
| IBERIA | The flag carrier airline of Spain, founded in 1927 |
| LALIGA | Top men's professional football division of Spain, founded in 1929 (2,4) |
| NAPLES | Regional capital and seaport in southern Italy (pop 950,000), founded about 600 BC (6) |
| BYZANTIUM | Ancient Greek city on the Bosphorus founded about 660 BC |
| JEREZ | Town in SW Spain famous for the making of sherry (5) |
| LALINEA | Town in SW Spain on the Bay of Gibraltar (2,5) |
| IONIA | Ancient region of Asia Minor, colonised by the Greeks in around 1100 BC (5) |
| ALICANTE | Port city of SE Spain founded by the ancient Greeks as Akra Leuke ('white peak') and later known by the Romans as Lucentum (8) |
| DORIAN | A member of a Hellenic people who invaded Greece around 1100 BC (6) |
| LALINEADELA | Town in SW Spain on the Bay of Gibraltar (2,5,2,2,10) |
| STOCKHOLM | Capital of Sweden, founded about 1250 (9) |
| CARMELITE | A member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154 (9) |
| MYTHOLOGICAL | Legendary story well-founded about God essentially (12) |
| SEVILLA | City and province of SW Spain (7) |
