| INTIFADA | The Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that started at the end of 1987 |
| PALESTINIANS | Arab residents of the West Bank and Gaza (12) |
| HRE | It started at the end of the Dark Ages: Abbr. |
| DEADSEA | Salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the West Bank and Israel to the west (4,3) |
| GAZA | The - - - Strip, a Palestinian coastal region on the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt in the South West and Israel in the North and East (4) |
| WORDCHAIN | *The answers to the starred clues (including this one) form a continuous one-its connections are created by the end of one answer and the start of the next |
| SPARTACUS | The most notable leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major uprising against the Roman Republic (9) |
| THRACIAN | Nationality of the gladiator Spartacus who led the slave uprising against the Roman Republic in the Third Servile War |
| JERICHO | Village in the West Bank near the northern end of the Dead Sea (7) |
| BETHLEHEM | A town in the West Bank near Jerusalem, the birthplace of Jesus, according to the New Testament (9) |
| HAIFA | Chief port of Israel, in the north on and around the slopes of Mount Carmel (5) |
| ASHER | Son of Jacob and founder of a tribe of Israel in the Old Testament (5) |
| ICENI | Celtic tribe whom Boudica led in an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire |
| HEBRON | Ancient city in the West Bank, captured by the Crusaders in 1099 (6) |
| GIGOLO | Escort in garage started at the first attempt, with learner at wheel? (6) |
| OTTERYSTMARY | At the end of one August, a storm hit and it took a year and four months to rebuild our countryside place near Feniton (6,2,4) |
| RAINBOW | The leprechaun hides his pot of gold at the end of one |
| TENON | Projection made on the end of one piece of wood that fits into a mortise on another piece, making a |
| GIBEAH | Home of Saul, the first king of Israel, in the Old Testament (6) |
| ROCKETS | More than 8,000 of these were fired at Israel in the past few months (7) |