| BRASILIA | It replaced Rio de Janeiro as a national capital in 1960 |
| ABUJA | City of central Nigeria that replaced Lagos as the national capital in 1991 (5) |
| BLENHEIM | This palace is located in Oxfordshire, England. It was built in 1705-24 by the English Parliament as a national gift to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. It is regarded as the finest example of |
| NAHANNI | This site is in the Northwest Territories. It was established as a national park in 1972, and it includes canyons and plenty of wildlife throughout its 1,177,700 acres (476,968 hectares). A river that |
| ULAN | Mongolia's largest city, known as the coldest national capital in the world, ... Bator |
| BERNE | Long a national capital, it may be shorter (5) |
| ROAM | B-52s hit whose title is a homophone of a national capital |
| ACCRA | Large seaport in west Africa (pop 2.3 million), created the national capital in 1877 (5) |
| MALTA | Country with the smallest national capital in the European Union (about 9,000 people) |
| NGERLLMUD | The world's least populous national capital; in Palau on the island of Babeldaob (9) |
| ECUADOR | With a national capital which is the only one beginning with the letter "Q", a South American country including the Galapagos Islands (7) |
| BOER | Andries Pretorius, e.g., who gave his name to a national capital |
| STATEVISIT | Occasion for pomp at a national capital |
| BAKU | Lowest-lying national capital in the world, and the largest city on the Caspian Sea (4) |
| DELHI | New ___ (national capital in Asia) |
| LIMABEAN | Food named for a national capital |
| ADDIS | Half of a national capital |
| SANA | Was a national capital of Yemen |
| THISTLE | As a national emblem it has its points |
| MAPLELEAF | Feel a palm used as a national symbol (5,4) |
