| CATHARS | Religious sect which flourished in southern France during the 12th century (7) |
| MISTRAL | Cold north-westerly wind that blows through southern France during winter (7) |
| INCA | Civilisation which flourished in South America for 400 years before the Spanish conquest (4) |
| IZEDI | One of an Oriental religious sect which worships Satan or the Devil. (5) |
| GOTHIC | Style of architecture which spread throughout Europe during the 12th 16th centuries (6) |
| ESSENES | Members of a Jewish sect which is believed to have been destroyed in a 1st-century rebellion against the Romans |
| DEFECTS | Fed by a sect which is full of faults |
| DAUPHIN | Name given to the eldest son of the king of France during the majority of the period 1350-1830 (7) |
| AMIENS | This cathedral is the largest of the three great Gothic cathedrals built in France during the 13th century. It is located in the Somme River valley, and it is the largest in France. It was designated |
| BOURGES | The Gothic cathedral of Saint-Etienne, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992, dominates this French city. It was constructed in 50 years, beginning at the end of the 12th century, |
| IMAGISM | Poetic movement that flourished in England and the US in the early 20th century, pioneered by Ezra Pound and T. E. Hulme (7) |
| BISHOPS | Which chess pieces were introduced in the 12th century, replacing the elephants of Islamic tradition? (7) |
| ARSNOVA | Musical style that flourished in France and the Burgundian Low Countries in the Late Middle Ages |
| HOLIDAY | Film showing body of water in France during broadcast ad break (6,7) |
| LUDDITE | Said in France, during another duel, to be a wrecker (7) |
| UNICORN | National animal of Scotland, first used in the royal coat of arms by William I in the 12th century (7) |
| TOLTECS | American indigenous people dominant in Mexico before the arrival of the Aztecs around the 12th century AD (7) |
| EASTERN | The E of LNER, one the the 'big four' railways companies that flourished in the UK before 1921's gov |
| TEMPLAR | Knights ---, Catholic military order linked to the Crusades in the 12th Century (7) |
| MELROSE | Border town, the site of a ruined abbey refounded in the 12th century (7) |
