| MALAGA | Resort city in the centre of Spain's Costa del Sol, in Andalusia on the Mediterranean coast (6) |
| MARBELLA | City and resort on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain (8) |
| FUENGIROLA | City on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain (10) |
| BLANCA | Resort region on the Mediterranean coast of SE Spain extending from the town of Denia in the north to Pilar de la Horadada in the south (5,6) |
| VENICE | Check for accuracy clip on the Mediterranean coast or on the Adriatic (6) |
| ASHDOD | Chief port of Israel, on the Mediterranean coast approx. 30 km (20 mi) south of Tel Aviv (6) |
| NASSAU | Resort city in the Bahamas |
| NATURE | Old city in the centre of Benin had character |
| CANNES | Resort on the Mediterranean coast of France (6) |
| RIYADH | Bad hair day, having abandoned a city in the Middle East (6) |
| MONACO | Principality on the Mediterranean coast (6) |
| ONMARS | Where Mark Watney was stranded for about 560 sols, in a 2015 film |
| BEIRUT | Capital on the Mediterranean coast |
| COSTADELSOL | Resort region on the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain, chiefly in the province of Malaga (5,3,3) |
| PALMSPRINGS | A resort city in the desert area of Southern California with over 50 golf courses |
| MIAMI | Resort city in the southern USA (pop about 440,000), incorporated in 1896 (5) |
| YALTA | Resort city in the Crimea, where Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill conferred in February 1945 (5) |
| NEWPORT | Resort city in the New England state of Rhode Island |
| COLORADOSPRINGS | City in the centre of the Centennial State (8,7) |
| INTI | Standard unit of currency of Peru replaced by the nuevo sol in 1991 |
