| ENOSIS | Movement for the union of Cyprus with Greece which began in the 1930's (6) |
| TWIGGY | _ Lawson, famed for her modelling career which began in the 1960s (6) |
| THEBES | City in central Greece which played an important part in Greek mythology (6) (6) |
| SPARTA | City-state of ancient Greece, which focused on war and diplomacy at the expense of arts and philosophy (6) |
| EDIRNE | City in Turkey, close to her borders with Greece and Bulgaria (6) |
| OCCUPY | ___ Wall Street, protest movement which began in September 2011 (6) |
| BODIES | Embarrassing -title of a reality medical show which began in 2007 (6) |
| NEWAGE | English comic in northeast that began in the 1980s? (3,3) |
| MOTION | Movement for the proposal (6) |
| LOWELL | Robert ?, US poet whose volumes include For the Union Dead and Lord Weary's Castle (6) |
| GRISLY | Gruesome with Greece and one who is clever (6) |
| TEMPERANCE | Social movement against the consumption of alcohol which began in the early 19th Century (10) |
| ELOPED | How two made a bolt for the union (6) |
| LEAGUE | About five kilometres for the union (6) |
| GOOGLYEYES | Facial features of a “bombing” trend which began in the 2000s |
| MAKARIOS | Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, leader of the struggle for enosis (union) with Greece during postwar occupation by Britain (8) |
| IRONAGE | Period which began in the Middle East about 1100BC (4,3) |
| OLYMPUS | Mountain in north-east Greece which was the dwelling place of the greater gods in Greek mythology (7) |
| WILLIAM | M.P., leader of the movement for the abolition of the slave trade (7,11) |
| WILBERFORCE | M.P., leader of the movement for the abolition of the slave trade (7,11) |
