| PONTIC | Mountains rising from northern Turkey, in an area once occupied by the ancient country of Pontus. This range reaches a height of 12,900 feet (3,932 metres), and its path is reflected in the outline of |
| ACRE | Area once occupied by Crusaders |
| MITHRIDATES | Antidotes to poison, or the King of Pontus, 120-63BC (11) |
| MATTERHORN | "King of Mountains" rising to 4,478 m, first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1865, resulting in the death of four of his crew on the way back down (10) |
| ETRURIA | Ancient country of central Italy between the Rivers Arno and Tiber; the centre of the Etruscan civilization (7) |
| ELOQUENCE | The Spanish once occupied by what the French term "rhetoric" (9) |
| LAPLAND | Mountain rising in the country in northern region (7) |
| THRACE | Ancient country of the eastern Balkan Peninsula whose noted natives include Spartacus and the mythical Orpheus (6) |
| SEA | Pontus was the personification of it; Poseidon was the god of it. |
| ESPLANADES | The last of Dolomite mountains rising over car going up coastal roads (10) |
| BLACKSEA | Modern name of the ancient Pontus Euxinus, lying between SE Europe and Anatolia (5,3) |
| HANOI | World capital once occupied by France |
| MEWS | Now trendy houses that were once occupied by servants and horses (4) |
| ORKNEY | Scottish island group once occupied by Vikings (6) |
| BACTRIA | (GKN) Ancient country of central Asia after which the two-humped camel is named (7) |
| COLDTURKEY | Start to choose the ancient country, but it's a painful withdrawal (4-6) |
| VICEPRESIDENT | Papers consumed by immorality existing in position Humphrey once occupied |
| STEPHENVILLE | Newfoundland town on St. George's bay, located in a historic settlement area once called 'The Acadian Village' |
| WAPENTAKE | Adult locked up in Wakefield, missing green area once part of Yorkshire? (9) |
| BLOOMSBURY | London area once home to Virginia Woolf and site of the British Museum (10) |
