| STATUE | There's one of Kamehameha the Great in front of Ali'iolani Hale |
| OAHU | Site of Kamehameha III's Iolani Palace |
| ADJECTIVES | There's one of these in The Ugly Duckling and two in The Little Red Hen (10) |
| CLAUDERAINS | Actor whose film roles include the lead in 1933's The Invisible Man and Herod The Great in 1965's The Greatest Story Ever Told (6,5) |
| EMINHNT | Descriptive word or phrase, as in "the Great" in Alexander the Great (7) |
| EPITHET | What is the linguistic term for "the Great" in Catherine the Great's name? (7) |
| FANNING | Elle, actress who played Catherine the Great in the TV comedy drama series The Great (7) |
| THEBES | In ancient Greece, the chief city of Boeotia, destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC |
| KINGSCROSS | Railway station in London (and there's one of nearly the same name in Sydney) (5,5) |
| STAINES | The home town of Ali G, on the left bank of the River Thames in Surrey (7) |
| SHEET | Is there one of ice under the blanket of snow? (5) |
| NABONIDUS | Last king of Babylon before it fell to the Persian conqueror Cyrus The Great in 539 BC; father of Belshazzar (9) |
| PERSEPOLIS | The capital of ancient Persia, sacked by Alexander the Great in 330 BC (10) |
| ELLE | US actress who plays Catherine the Great in The Great, _ Fanning (4) |
| CLEITUS | Senior officer in the Macedonian army who was murdered by Alexander the Great in 328BC (7) |
| ORRISES | Some of those blooming old cars don't start - there's one of them in 14 (7) |
| FLOWER | There's one of these springing up in each theme entry |
| ALIKREUKEL | Cockles are clam-like shells found in Europe, but in South Africa, we sometimes call the ... a cockle. Think of Ali and the Afrikaans word for shell. (10) |
| OPENSESAME | Magic command which opened the thieves' cave in the story of Ali Baba (4,6) |
| ANTIGONUS | Macedonian nobleman who declared himself king after the death of Alexander the Great in 306 BC (9) |
