| GUERNICA | Town east of Bilbao bombed by German planes in April 1937 during the Spanish Civil War (8) |
| GUARNICA | Town bombed during the Spanish Civil War, subject of a famous painting by Picasso (8) |
| ARKROYAL | Flagship of the English Navy during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588, commanded by Lord High Admiral Charles Howard (3,5) |
| THEBLITZ | Period of Worid War II when British cities were bombed by the Luftwaffe (3,5) |
| FIFTHCOLUMN | Organised group of enemy sympathisers within a population; originally, Franco supporters in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War (5,6) |
| LORCA | Spanish poet and dramatist killed by General Franco's soldiers during the Spanish Civil War (5) |
| FEDERICOGARCIALORCA | Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director killed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War |
| ALLIGATOR | Born in the US, moved to Berlin, admired by Hitler, bombed by the Allies, rescued by the British, moved to Moscow, died there in 2020, aged 84. What animal was Saturn? (9) |
| BLOODTRANSFUSION | Did You Know? Canadian physician Dr. Norman Bethune (b.1890 - d.1939) organized a mobile ___ ___ service for the wounded when he was a volunteer during the Spanish Civil War |
| THEBELL | Hemingway novel set during the Spanish civil war (3,4,3,4,5) |
| FORWHOM | Hemingway novel set during the Spanish civil war (3,4,3,4,5) |
| TOLLS | Hemingway novel set during the Spanish civil war (3,4,3,4,5) |
| FORWHOMTHEBELLTOLLS | Hemingway novel set during the Spanish civil war (3,4,3,4,5) |
| GENERALFRANCO | Military leader who came to power during the Spanish Civil War (7,6) |
| GAZEBO | Take in the view - the outskirts of Bilbao - from the summerhouse (6) |
| GOLDENGATE | At 4,200ft long, San Francisco's magnificent ... Bridge was opened in April, 1937 (6,4) |
| ROUGHRIDERS | Nickname of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War |
| RAINBOW | Greenpeace ship bombed by French secret service in New Zealand port, the ... Warrior |
| TRIPOLI | City bombed by the United States in 1986 |
| OVIEDO | Besieged city during the Spanish Civil War |