| DARDANELLES | The ____ is a strait known in antiquity as the Hellespont |
| SPARTA | Ancient land known in antiquity as Lacedaemon |
| ORESUND | Danish name of the narrow strait known in English as the Sound (7) |
| LEAD | Very malleable, ductile, and dense metal that is a poor conductor of electricity. Known in antiquity and believed by the alchemists to be the oldest of metals. Highly durable and resistant to corrosio |
| KIWI | Also known as the "Chinese gooseberry," the ___ is a furry fruit with a kick |
| ALAMO | The ___ is a mission in Texas which was the site of a siege in 1836 (5) |
| EMPTYSET | In maths, the union of A with the ____ is A |
| LADYOFSHALOTT | The ____ is a Tennyson ballad about a young noblewoman trapped in a tower |
| DOGDAYS | The hottest period of the year (reckoned in antiquity from the heliacal rising of the star Sirius) |
| NORTH | In one direction heliopsis is the ___ American oxeye, and Narcissus 'Queen of the ___' is a smallcupped daffodil! (5) |
| NUTCRACKER | The ___ is a ballet first. performed in Russia in December 1892. (10) |
| LASTSONG | The ____ is a 2010 romantic drama film starring Miley Cyrus as a rebellious teenager |
| LEOPARD | The ____ is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa about Sicily in the Risorgimento |
| SOLENT | Separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland of southern England, a strait where Cowes Week is hosted annually (6) |
| BOSPORUS | The ---, a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (8) |
| BERINGSEA | Waters near the Alaska Peninsula and a strait sharing the same name |
| FETHIYE | City and holiday resort on the Aegean coast of Turkey known as Telmessos in antiquity (7) |
| IZMIR | Turkish city known as Smyrna in antiquity (5) |
| LUXOR | Egyptian city known as Waset or Thebes in Antiquity (5) |
| ROMANIA | Country known as Dacia in antiquity (7) |
