| ESSENES | Members of an ascetic Jewish sect, active from approximately 200BC to 100AD |
| TACITUS | Publius Cornelius --, about 100AD, Roman historian and author (7) |
| ANASAZI | Native southwestern US inhabitants, c 200BC-AD1500 |
| OLDTESTAMENT | Collection of books written from approximately 1200BC to 100BC |
| HAMMERFEST | Norwegian town with no sun from approximately November 21 to January 21 (10) |
| ESSENE | Member of an ascetic Jewish group of Palestine and Syria living around the time of Jesus (6) |
| SHAKER | Member of an ascetic Christian sect (6) |
| JAIN | A follower of an ascetic Indian religion related to Buddhism (4) |
| EBIONITE | A member of an early ascetic Jewish Christian sect (8) |
| PLANTAGENETS | Members of the royal house active from 1154 with the accession of Henry II until the death of Richar |
| CISITALIA | Italian small car builder, active from 1946 to 1949, and sold off in 1952 - its main claim to fame is the ground-breaking 202 GT design of 1947 (9) |
| LEYLAND | UK automobile company, noted mainly for buses and trucks, active from 1896 and through linked companies to the present day, though the name is little mentioned nowadays after much company take-over an |
| IMPERIA | Belgian car maker active from 1906 to 1948, and on to 1957 producing Standards under licence (7) |
| SCOTT | UK motorcycle company active from 1908 to the 1960s, noted for effective two-stroke engines (5) |
| MORETTI | Italian marque active from 1925 to 1989 (7) |
| TALIBAN | Militant religious movement of Afghanistan, active from the mid-1990s (7) |
| BAUHAUS | German art school, active from 1919 to 1933 (7) |
| ARROWS | British Formula One team active from 1978 to 2002 (6) |
| RAILTRACK | British public transport group active from 1994 to 2002 |
| CHEKA | Soviet Russia's first secret police organisation, active from 1917 to 1922 |
