| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| TAEN | Seized in Scotland |
| TAEN | Seized, in poesy |
| JAMAICA | Britain seized it in 1655 |
| CAPECOLONY | The British seized it in 1795 |
| MADEHAY | Seized the opportunity, in old slang |
| GOA | Island seized by India in 1961 |
| CRIMEA | Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014 |
| SLIDELL | Confederate seized in the Trent affair, 1861. |
| LAGOS | City seized by the British in 1861 |
| CRIMEAN | Like the peninsula seized by Russia in 2014 |
| HANOI | City seized by Ho Chi Minh in 1945 |
