| STRASBOURG | Capital of the Alsace region of France and seat of the Council of Europe |
| CHENINBLANC | White grape grown in the Loire region of France and elsewhere, used for making wine (6,5) |
| CHARDONNAY | A white grape grown in the Burgundy region of France and elsewhere, used for making wine |
| BASQUECOUNTRY | Region of France and Spain |
| SANMARINO | Smallest member of the Council of Europe |
| CAPE | ___ Town, legislative capital and seat of the parliament of South Africa (4) |
| NEWDELHI | The capital-and seat of all three branches of the government - of India (3,5) |
| KOSYGIN | Alexei ___, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1964-80 (7) |
| MALENKOV | Georgy ?, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1953-55 |
| OMAHA | City of Nebraska and seat of the Creighton University (5) |
| LONGLEAT | Wiltshire stately home and seat of the Marquesses of Bath (8) |
| LONGFORD | ____ Castle, stately home in Wiltshire and seat of the Earl of Radnor |
| RANGIORA | Largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury (8) |
| OJIBWA | Indigenous group that's part of the Council of Three Fires |
| HONECKER | Erich ?, 1976-89 Chairman of the Council of State in East Germany |
| ODETOJOY | Which Beethoven piece is the anthem of the European Union and Council of Europe? (3,2,3) |
| CDLI | Year of the Council of Chalcedon |
| DOUGLAS | Capital of the Isle of Man and seat of the Tynwald; or, a poet of the Second World War who wrote Vergissmeinnicht (forget-me-not) and the memoir Alamein to Zem Zem (7) |
| OXFORD | City on the Thames, and seat of a famous university (6) |
| LAPAZ | Largest city and seat of government of Bolivia (2,3) |
