| LATERAN | Roman palace, the official papal residence until 1309 |
| VATICAN | Official Papal home, - City |
| LAMBETH | ____ Palace, the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury (7) |
| WEBB | Architect whose London designs include the facade of Buckingham Palace the Admiralty Arch and the frontage of the Victoria and Albert Museum (4) |
| AVIGNON | Soon collecting six Roman grandees, initially in old papal residence |
| KINGCOBRA | Hooded killer found in The Palace - the one managed by the yoga teacher while meditating (4,5) |
| BABYLONIANCAPTIVITY | The 1309-76 period when popes lived in Avignon is sometimes called the “____ of the Papacy” |
| LATER | Eventually Roman palace releases a name |
| LANTERN | Knight entering Roman palace without a light |
| YALTA | Where is Livadia Palace, the site of a 1945 meeting between the Big Three powers? (5) |
| THEESCOPESETA | Palace the Iranian tourist visited near Madrid? |
| IMPALA | Emperor accepted in Tuileries Palace, the prodigious bounder |
| DANTEALIGHIERI | Italian poet chiefly remembered for the threepart epic poem The Divine Comedy (c. 1309- 20) (5,9) |
| REGIA | Ancient Roman palace |
| WISHBONE | Remove mention of old city from Roman palace? It could stick in your throat? (8) |
| FISHBOURNE | Village west of Chichester in West Sussex noted for its Roman Palace, a major archaeological site |
| VATICANPALACE | Papal residence |
| ORANGERIES | With examples at Kensington Palace, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Heveningham Hall, large architectural glasshouses originally for growing citrus trees and exotic plants (10) |
| SMOKINGGUN | Damning evidence of dirty air almost in The Palace - the work of 14 across (7,3) |
| DOWNINGSTREET | The London street which contains the official residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer (7,6) |