| ISTANBUL | What is the present name of the city that has spanned the divide between Europe and Asia for more than 2000 years? (8) |
| AMARILLO | Texan city originally named Ragtown, the present name being the Spanish word for 'yellow' |
| EVILDEAD | ____ Rise, 2023 horror film; the latest in a franchise that has spanned 40 years (4,4) |
| SRILANKA | Present name of Ceylon (3,5) |
| RAGI | Cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in Africa and Asia for its edible grain (4) |
| BYZANTIUM | Ancient Greek city on the Bosphorus that is the present-day Istanbul (9) |
| OFBURMA | Myanmar is the present-day name .. ..... (2,5) |
| BRUXELLES | French name of the city that is the headquarters of the EU (9) |
| BERINGSEA | Sea of the Pacific Ocean which forms part of the divide between Eurasia and the Americas (6,3) |
| USSR | The Iron Curtain stood for the divide between the West and this Cold War protagonist (1,1,1,1) |
| URBAN | Of the city that removes top of pagri (5) |
| BUNIONSQUARE | Section of the city that makes your feet hurt? |
| BARBRA | Actress and singer whose career has spanned six decades, - Streisand (6) |
| CLIFF | Musician whose career has spanned eight decades, _ Richard (5) |
| ROMAN | The name for the ancient empire that spanned the Mediterranean Sea; it was established in 27 BCE after the fall of the republic of the same name. (5) |
| URAL | - Mountains; containing more than 1,000 types of minerals, an orological range forming part of the physiographic boundary between Europe and Asia (4) |
| CANTAB | Coming from the medieval Latin name of the city, what means "of Cambridge"? (6) |
| MYSORE | Former name of the city regarded as the cultural capital of Karnataka, India |
| TUPELO | Deciduous tree found in damp habitats in North America; also the name of the city Elvis Presley was born in (6) |
| EDSHEERAN | His "divided by Tour" (2017-19; a.k.a. "The Divide Tour") is now the third highest-grossing tour of all time) |
