| MAINLAND | Principal area of the most important country (8) |
| TURKEY | Shortly go round important country |
| MARYROSE | The excavation of this ship was one of the most important in the history of marine archaeology. It was the most powerful of Henry VIII's warships, his pride and joy, and it was probably named after hi |
| CHARCOAL | Burnt wood, one of the most important economic activities in Mallorca's Serra de Tramuntana mountain range during the late 12th century (8) |
| HARPSICHORD | Keyboard instrument in which strings are set in vibration by plucking. It was one of the most important keyboard instruments in European music from the 16th through the first half of the 18th century. |
| RICE | One of the most important foods of the world |
| PROVINS | In the 13th century, this town was one of the most important towns in France, with a population of 80,000 inhabitants. It was a prosperous wool centre, and its fairs were famous all over Europe. It wa |
| PANTALONE | Lecherous old merchant who is one of the most important principal characters in commedia dell'arte |
| MAIN | Name of the most important street in many Irish towns. (4) |
| WHEAT | One of the most important cereal crops |
| IDEALISTIC | Fish of the most important kind I start to collect - in aspiration |
| DAUMIER | One of the most important men in modern art, per Baudelaire |
| STONEHENGE | One of the most important megalithic monuments in Europe, on Salisbury Plain |
| CAVEIN | Country's principal area, part of vital network, gets to collapse (4,2) |
| TORFAEN | Principal area in SE Wales that includes the towns of Pontypool and Cwmbran (7) |
| COMTE | French positivist philosopher (1798-1857), one of the most important early figures in sociology |
| COAL | One of the most important primary fossil fuels, a solid carbon-rich material that is usually brown or black (4) |
| CARBONDIOXIDE | Colourless gas having a faint sharp odour and a sour taste; it is one of the most important greenhouse gases linked to global warming. (6,7) |
| MARINA | Romeo enters principal area in small harbour (6) |
| POWYS | Principal area in Mid Wales; administrative centre Llandrindod Wells |
