| AGAS | "Once I had ... love and it was ___": Blondie lyric |
| IDOL | I had love left for one greatly admired (4) |
| HEARTOFGLASS | "Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out had a ____" (Blondie) |
| CATANIA | This city in Italy was founded in 729 BCE by Chalcidians and then renamed Aetna in the 5th century BCE. It is home to ancient Roman and Greek ruins and structures, and it was rebuilt in Baroque style |
| OVERBITE | Freddy Mercury had one love - and it lay in very fermented beer (8) |
| COPPER | In ancient Mesopotamia this metal was combined with tin to make bronze. It was frequently cast to shape in molds, and it was reduced to its metal form from ores with fire and charcoal. |
| MARYROSE | The excavation of this ship was one of the most important in the history of marine archaeology. It was the most powerful of Henry VIII's warships, his pride and joy, and it was probably named after hi |
| INITIAL | The first place I had in the centre of Pillaton was dilapidated, and it was horrible! (7) |
| ROSETTA | Ptolemaic dynasty stone discovered in Egypt, it had inscriptions in Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Greek, and it was key to deciphering old Egyptian scripts |
| SAQQARA | It was begun c. 2630 BCE, and it was the first pyramid to be built. It housed the tomb of King Djoser, who ruled Egypt during the Third Dynasty. Where is this pyramid located? |
| PARADISE | I'd a spare version of it, and it was heaven (8) |
| AGOGO | A giant had love in abundance (1,4) |
| CAT | A pet for whom a Roman statesman had love (3) |
| CLOVE | Cooks at first had love of this spice (5) |
| INCA | Peruvian empire of the 15th and 16th centuries, its capital was at Cusco and it was finally overthro |
| DOVER | The capital of Delaware is Dover. It was laid out in 1717, and it was named after a city in England. What's the name of that city? |
| PANGEA | Ancient supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth. It was surrounded by a global ocean called Panthalassa, and it was fully assembled by the Early Permian Epoch. (6) |
| TEETERED | Looked unsteady and it was for the golfer to deter us from it (8) |
| ENSHRINED | He rinsed it at this point and it was hallowed (9) |
| TROUNCED | I punished them severely and it was done in a curt manner (8) |
