| ETRUSCAN | After English, Italian, for one, has roots primarily in this ancient civilisation |
| EGYPT | Tadesse Mesfin's work fuses colours connected to his native Ethiopia and inspiration from this ancient civilization in North Africa. |
| UNO | Spanish/Italian for "one", adopted as the brand name of a card game (3) |
| OPERA | Sung in Italian, for one, at the end of 6 down (5) |
| EPHESUS | The Temple of Artemis, destroyed by the Goths in 263, was located in this ancient Anatolian city |
| IONIA | Miletus was the most important of the 12 cities in this ancient Greek region |
| YAJURVEDA | Terrible, energy-filled Vajrayudha cut devilish Vritra's feet in this ancient Indian text (9) |
| EGYPTIAN | Anubis and Ra are among gods in this ancient mythology (8) |
| ROTTENBOROUGH | Men in retreat, Dicky for one has to abandon front in corrupt constituency |
| FRENCHMAID | Heard that foie gras, for one, has a saucy reputation in domestic outfit perhaps (6,4) |
| OIL | Olive, for one, has nothing on the Italian (3) |
| APOSTLE | Paul for one has job at length in A&E |
| TIGER | Taiwan, for one, has a thousand in the bank (5) |
| THEOLOGY | Got involved with holy exegesis, primarily, in this? |
| SPHERE | Field of activity some pursue primarily in this place |
| XMAS | Kiss while under mistletoe, primarily in this holiday season (4) |
| HEREABOUTS | On radio, learn of storm primarily in this area |
| LOAM | Luxuriant oxeyes and marigolds primarily in this? (4) |
| DIARY | Period regularly covering individual's recollections, primarily in this? (5) |
| MARC | Chagall for one has stuff in retrospective |
