| PUNICWARS | The Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BC brought an end to these conflicts (5,4) |
| AFRICA | Roman province set up after the defeat of Carthage in 146 BC (6) |
| PUNIC | Series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC, resulting in the destruction of Carthage (5) |
| OPIUMWARS | No Poppy Days after these conflicts? (5,4) |
| MANXCATS | There's no end to these your network access charge, feline types (4,4) |
| GORBACHEV | Mikhail --, Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War (9) |
| ACHAIA | Before the Roman conquest in 146 BCE, what was the name given to a strip of land between the Gulf of Corinth in the north and Elis and Arcadia in the south? (6) |
| CORINTH | City state destroyed in 146 BC by Roman general Lucius Mummius in the process of defeating the Achaean League (7) |
| ASIFIQBAL | Pakistan Test cricketer who hit 146 against England at the Oval in 1967 (4,5) |
| UNITEDWEI | Brought an ancient Chinese dynasty together? |
| TUNISIA | According to Greek legend, Dido founded the city of Carthage in this country in the 9th century BCE. That city is now a suburb of the country's capital. |
| CALLEDITQUITS | Brought an end to a venture to prevent further losses (6,2,5) |
| SMITH | Prime minister who brought an end to white rule in Rhodesia (3, 5) |
| IAN | Prime minister who brought an end to white rule in Rhodesia (3, 5) |
| SCIPIO | Roman general who commanded the Roman invasion of Carthage in the Second Punic War (6) |
| DIDO | Mythical queen of Carthage, in the title of a 17th Century opera by the English composer Purcell (4) |
| CLOSEDSHOP | Employment system brought an end to trading |
| CARTHAGE | Ancient city state of North Africa with which Rome fought the three Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC and 149-146 BC) (8) |
| CALCUTTA | In 1756, 23 of 146 English prisoners survived a night in the Black Hole of where? (8) |
| JENNINGS | Lancashire opener who made an unbeaten 146 for England in the 1st Test against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2018 (8) |
