| STALBAN | Third-century Christian martyr after whom a Hertfordshire town is named (2,5) |
| STDENIS | Christian martyr after whom a suburb of Paris is named |
| SAINTVALENTINE | Third-century Christian martyr |
| ALBAN | The first British Christian martyr, after whom a city in Hertfordshire is named (5) |
| VALENTINE | Saint ---, 3rd-century Christian martyr whose feast day is February 14 (9) |
| CLIVE | Between Hastings and Napier, what town is named after a ruthless general who helped secure an Indian empire for Britain? (5) |
| STVITUS | 3c child martyr after whom Sydenham's chorea's alternative name is derived (2,5) |
| TRADING | Buying and selling goods today in a Hertfordshire town (7) |
| WELFARE | Prosperity exhibited by the Spanish fellow living in a Hertfordshire town (7) |
| ABUMENA | This World Heritage site near Alexandria in Egypt was a 4th century Christian pilgrimage destination |
| OSTRICH | Martyr after love with well-to-do bird |
| VITUS | St. ---, 3rd-century child martyr after whom the alternative name for Sydenham's chorea is named (5) |
| CECELIA | Patron saint of musicians, supposedly beheaded in the second or third century (7) |
| CRISPIN | Patron saint of shoemakers, martyred in the third century (7) |
| JAVELIN | What could be fired 700 metres by a 3rd Century BC Greek catapult? (7) |
| ORVIETO | City in modern-day Umbria, annexed by Rome in the 3rd Century BCE (7) |
| OFCHINA | Defensive structure constructed in the 3rd century BC stretching from the Yellow Sea to the central Asian desert (5,4,2,5) |
| ZENOBIA | Beautiful 3rd century Arab queen (7) |
| CECILIA | Patron saint of music, martyred in the 2nd or 3rd century AD; feast day, 22 November (7) |
| PARTHIA | Country in ancient Asia, southeast of the Caspian Sea, destroyed by the Sassanids in the 3rd century |
