| MAJORCA | Mediterranean island occupied by the Romans in 123 BC (7) |
| SARUM | Old -; the ruins of old Salisbury, originally an Iron Age fort built around 400 BC and occupied by the Romans (5) |
| ALCATRAZ | Island occupied by the activist group Indians of All Tribes for nineteen months, beginning in 1969 |
| GUADALCANAL | Pacific island occupied by the Japanese 1942-43 (11) |
| CORINTH | Ancient Greek city demolished by the Romans in 146 BC (7) |
| CHESTER | English city called Deva Victrix when founded by the Romans in AD 79 (7) |
| UTILISE | Make the most of renovated suite occupied by the Italian (7) |
| BRENTON | English dramatist who has written some 50 plays including Pravda with David Hare, The Romans in Britain and Bloody Poetry (7) |
| DELILAH | New Delhi may be occupied by the French sex kitten (7) |
| THEATRE | It may be occupied by the stallholder (7,4) |
| SILENCE | Be quiet because occupied by the French (7) |
| POPULAR | Fashionable part of London occupied by the socially superior (7) |
| COCKPIT | Area of an aircraft occupied by the pilot (7) |
| CARLTON | Luxury London hotel, 1899-1940, whose site is now occupied by the High Commission of New Zealand (7) |
| RIMINI | Coastal city in the north of Italy, established by the Romans in 268 BC (6) |
| BARCELONA | Regional capital in north-east Spain (pop 1.6 million), founded by the Romans in the first century BC (9) |
| ATTU | Island occupied by Japan in 1942-43 |
| COMUS | Greek island occupied by one of its characters in a mask |
| HADRIANSWALL | Barrier first built by the Romans in 122 AD in northern Britain to defend against invasion (8,4) |
| LYONS | French industrial city founded by the Romans in AD 43 as Lugdunum |
