| FERRYLAND | Historic town that used to be one of the most popular harbors in Newfoundland |
| READING | Berkshire town that used to host the annual WOMAD festival until it relocated to Charlton Park in Ma |
| REPEOPLED | Like a town that used to be a ghost town |
| YREKA | Northern California town that used to have a palindromic bakery |
| TAYLOR | Last name for the percussionist in Queen, a British rock band known for fusing heavy metal, glam rock, and camp theatrics to make it one of the most popular groups of the 1970s. (6) |
| ARALSEA | It used to be one of the largest lakes in the world |
| POLLOCK | His abstract painting Blue Poles is one of the most popular exhibits in the National Gallery of Aust |
| IMAGINE | John Lennon's classic hit that's become one of the most popular tunes of all time |
| MARILYN | One of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s and early 1960s (7,6) |
| MONYOE | One of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s and early 1960s (7,6) |
| CENTIMES | There used to be one hundred of these in a French franc (8) |
| ANNA | She used to be one of the overseas buyers (4) |
| TEA | One of the most popular drinks in the world |
| EMMA | Name which has been one of the most popular for baby girls in the USA for two decades (4) |
| SEWELL | Novelist whose classic account of Black Beauty, Captain, Ginger, Merrylegs and others is one of the most popular animal tales of all time (6) |
| TORTILLA | Spanish omelette and one of the most popular tapas in Mallorca with its on special day usually being the Thursday before Lent (8) |
| BEBO | Which social network was one of the most popular websites in Ireland ten years ago? (4) |
| ARCH | One of the most popular types of bridge construction (4) |
| NORDMANNFIR | This shapely, needlefast conifer is one of the most popular Christmas trees in Britain (8,3) |
| RILKE | Rainer Maria ____ is one of the most popular writers of German poetry translated into English |
