| ABUSIMBEL | Site of two rock-cut temples built in the reign of Rameses II |
| ANGKORWAT | Buddhist temple built in the early 12th century |
| ABU | -- Simbel, site of two temples of Rameses II (3) |
| SIMBEL | Former village in S. Egypt that was site of two temples to Rameses II (3,6) |
| SETI | Pharaoh who was the father of Rameses II (4) |
| BRYNNER | Portrayer of Rameses II and King Mongkut |
| WAILING | The last remnant of the Temple built by Herod the Great in Jerusalem, the ... Wall |
| KAFKA | Writer portraying a fine king in the spirit of Rameses |
| ASWAN | The stones used to build the pharaoh's pyramids were quarried in this town in Egypt that is now the site of two dams |
| ELALAMEIN | Site of two battles in Egypt in 1942, part of the Western Desert Campaign (2,7) |
| ELOQUENT | Two rock bands of the '70s, one halving drug use, take time showing expressiveness (8) |
| EXEGESES | Old partner, for example, gets over half of Rameses' critical interpretations (8) |
| GEMSTONE | Fragment of rock cut and polished for use in jewellery (8) |
| CAVES | The Elephanta ____, containing rock cut stone sculptures, located on Elephanta Island in Mumbai Harbour |
| PILLARSOFHERCULES | Two rocks flanking the Strait of Gibraltar (7,2,8) |
| DOUNREAY | Site of two nuclear establishments off the north coast of Caithness (8) |
| ASTON | A rock cut in part of Birmingham |
| PARTHENON | Greek temple built by Pericles for the goddess Athena, the ... |
| LUXOR | Town in Egypt on the River Nile noted for its temple built by Amenhotep III (5) |
| HARRISONANDTYLER | Two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees |
