| BARCELONA | Spanish seaport, seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (9) |
| SPANISHCIVILWAR | Military revolt against the Republican government in Iberia (7,5,3) |
| VICHY | This town was the seat of the collaborationist French government during the Second World War (5) |
| CASTRO | Leader of the Cuban government during the Bay of Pigs invasion , Fidel ... |
| ROUNDHEAD | A supporter of Parliament against Charles I during the Civil War (9) |
| TARRAGONA | Spanish seaport at the mouth of the River Francoli (9) |
| GREENBACK | Slang term for a US paper dollar, originating from money issued during the Civil War (9) |
| BLUEBERRY | One of only three berries native to North America first harvested commercially in Maine during the Civil War to feed soldiers |
| WISCONSIN | US state in which the Republican Party was founded on March 20 1854 (9) |
| GOLDWATER | Barry, US politician who received the Republican nomination for president in 1964 (9) |
| HOOVERDAM | This structure created Lake Meade and megawatts of hydro-electricity and was named for the Republican 1929 stock-market crash president (6,3) |
| ZACHARIAH | ___ Chandler, four-term U.S. senator who helped found the Republican Party |
| INTERDICT | Ban disheartened the Republican in charge |
| PUBLIC | Came out in the open in the middle of the republican gathering (6) |
| ALGIERS | North African port that was the headquarters of the French provisional government during World War II |
| BADGE | "The Red ___ of Courage" (Stephen Crane novel set during the Civil War) |
| MEADE | Army of the Potomac commander during the Civil War |
| ARABIA | A large peninsular region that was mainly under Ottoman control until a revolt, assisted by the British and French governments, during the First World War (6) |
| CONG | see 4dn, Political organisation and army that fought the US and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War |
| VIET | and 20dn, Political organisation and army that fought the US and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War |
