| CRIMEANWAR | Conflict ended by the 1856 Treaty of Paris |
| SEVENYEARSWAR | Conflict ended by the Treaty of Paris in 1763 (5,5,3) |
| DAISYCHAIN | "The ... ...", 1856 novel by Charlotte M. Yonge (5,5) |
| STAMP | The 1856 British Guiana One Cent Magenta is the world's rarest what? (5) |
| FIRSTWORLDWAR | Global conflict ended 100 years ago (5,5,3) |
| OLDSARUM | One of the most notorious of Britain's 'rotten boroughs', ended by the Reform Act of 1832 (3,5) |
| AZTEC | The ___ Empire was ended by the expedition led by Cortes |
| SPARTA | State whose dominance of southern Greece was ended by the battle of Leuctra in 371BC |
| SIXDAYWAR | Conflict that was ended by The Sun |
| ATAHUALPA | The last Inca Emperor whose rule was ended by the Spanish conquest (9) |
| SERBIAANDMONTENEGRO | European nation, 1992-2006, created and ended by the break-up of nations |
| ROUT | Game ended by the mercy rule |
| VERSAILLES | City in Yvelines. France where the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 (10) |
| SETTLEMENT | Treaty of Paris (earliest version)? |
| PATENTS | Sony's filing of a McDonald's commercial that can be ended by shouting "McDonald's!" at the screen, and the like |
| BOLEYN | Earl of Wiltshire's daughter whose betrothal to Henry Percy was ended by Cardinal Wolsey on the orders of her future husband, Henry VIII (6) |
| REDHANDED | Hard, the way it ended by being caught in the act (3-6) |
| OVERLAP | Common area of interest ended by China withdrawing |
| GOVERN | Rule by force ended by noon (6) |
| OBSESSIONS | First signs of opposing Brexit: time ended by prorogation evokes passions (10) |