| INVADE | Within the Ruins album, released in 2010 (6) |
| LIGHTS | Ellie Goulding album, released in 2010 (6) |
| ODIHAM | Historic village in the Hart district of Hampshire with the ruins of a 13th-century castle (6) |
| ECARTE | Card game, one discovered in the ruins of Crete (6) |
| KARNAK | Village in Egypt, site of part of the ruins of ancient Thebes (6) |
| HASTEN | Rush to the ruins of Athens (6) |
| LETHAL | All the ruins are deadly (6) |
| TURKEY | Country containing the ruins of Ephesus and Troy (6) |
| MEXICO | Which capital city was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan? (6) |
| BANJAX | Make cards illegal, say - the ruin of the Irish |
| GENEVA | Avenge the ruin of European city (6) |
| GILDAS | Sixth-century monk and historian who wrote On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain (6) |
| IGNORE | Take no notice of the ruin of a region |
| AIR | George Clooney movie released in 2010, Up in the --- (3) |
| FLAMINGO | Debut solo studio album by The Killers' lead singer Brandon Flowers, released in 2010 (8) |
| TEENAGE | ____ Dream, third studio album by Katy Perry, released in 2010 (7) |
| ELI | Denzel Washington film released in 2010, The Book of --- (3) |
| THOUSANDSUNS | A ___ fourth studio album by Linkin Park which released in 2010: 2 wds. |
| ALLTIMELOW | Debut single by British-Irish boy band The Wanted released in 2010 (3,4,3) |
| RUMER | Pakistani-born British singer?songwriter whose debut album, Seasons of My Soul, was released in 2010 |
