| VIKINGS | The Danes, Norwegians and Swedes who raided most of North and West Europe by sea from the 8th to the 11th Centuries (7) |
| VIKING | A Dane, Norwegian or Swede who raided by sea in much of Europe from the 8th to the 11th Centuries is known as what? (6) |
| RHINE | River in Central and West Europe, rising in Switzerland (5) |
| EUROPEANS | Norwegians and Czechs (9) |
| NOTATALL | First off, a measure of the speed coming in by sea from what sounds like a chain of islands - don't mention it? (3,2,3) |
| HARASS | Badger has to eat tops of radishes and swedes |
| CRANMER | Former archbishop of Canterbury getting some fresh herring by sea from France (7) |
| ABBA | Swedes who sing "Thank You for the Music" |
| ARISE | Death metal Swedes who will wake up? |
| ROOTCROPS | E.g. beet and swedes, poor sort, rotten, about 100 (4,5) |
| IMARI | The style of porcelain exported from the Japanese port of Kyushu and reaching Europe by means of the |
| ODER | A river in central Europe, rising in the North East Czech Republic and flowing north and west to the Baltic (4) |
| TENNO | Formal title of the emperor of Japan ('heavenly emperor'), used from the 8th century in place of mikado (5) |
| CLASSICAL | Period of cultural European history from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD, _ antiquity (9) |
| ALAN | Music composer and songwriter ___ Menken whose song Under the Sea from the movie The Little Mermaid won him an Oscar in 1989 |
| BRIAN | King of Ireland killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 (5,4) |
| BORU | King of Ireland killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 (5,4) |
| AFRICA | Second largest of the seven continents - separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea |
| CRIMEA | Ukrainian peninsula separating the Black Sea from the Sea of Azov (6) |
| GOLDENEAGLE | Bird of prey found in the north and west of Scotland (6,5) |
