| RISORGIMENTO | The liberation and unification of Italy |
| PAPAL | And 13 The temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 until the unification of Italy in 1870 (5) |
| STATES | The temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 until the unification of Italy in 1870 (6) |
| CASERTA | Town in Campania that was the centre of Garibaldi's campaigns for the unification of Italy |
| GARIBALDI | Patriot who led the unification of Italy in the 1860's (9) |
| KAISER | Title assumed in 1870 by the Prussian king Wilhelm I following the unification of Germany (6) |
| NORTHUMBRIA | Anglo-Saxon kingdom formed by the 7th-century unification of Bernicia and Deira under King Aethelfrith (11) |
| BISMARCK | Prussian prince, 1815-1898, nicknamed the Iron Chancellor, who oversaw the unification of Germany (8) |
| OTTO | - von Bismarck, leader who oversaw the unification of Germany (4) |
| KOHL | Helmut __, chancellor widely credited with the unification of Germany in 1990 (4) |
| SYNTHESIS | Unification of society extremely new proposition |
| HOLYROMANEMPIRE | Another phoney memorial Rex included for old unification of Europe (4,5,6) |
| LEILA | 60s militant member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, ... Khaled |
| PASSOVER | The major Jewish spring festival, commemorating the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian servitude (8) |
| FALANA | Lola of "The Liberation of L.B. Jones" |
| WILLIAMTELL | Legendary hero of the liberation of Switzerland (7,4) |
| NAUGHTY | Dubious combination of gay liberation and hunt sabotage |
| MARCELMARCEAU | French mime who performed for the troops at the liberation of Paris in 1944 |
| LOLAFALANA | "The Liberation of L. B. Jones" actress |
| FRANCHISEMENT | The liberation of Frenchman tie's brought about (13) |