| SPARTA | Small town in southern Greece (pop about 17,000), once a major military power (6) |
| EUSTON | Small town in southern New South Wales (pop about 1,0000) on the Murray River (6) |
| SPARTAN | Citizen of a small city in southern Greece (pop about 20,000) (7) |
| ELOS | Town in Southern Greece |
| CORINTH | Seaport and industrial city in southern Greece (pop about 40,000) (7) |
| WARBABIES | General term for children conceived or born during a major military conflict (3,6) |
| EPSOM | Small town in southern England with a Classic racecourse (5) |
| PATRAI | Regional capital in western Greece (pop about 170,000), founded around 300 BC (6) |
| LEMNOS | Greek Island (185 sq miles; about 17,000), In the northern part of the Aegean Sea (6) |
| REDBAR | Once a major Basque whaling station: ___, Labrador (2 wds.) |
| HARARE | He trapped a rebel leader twice in town in southern Africa (6) |
| RACHEL | 'Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power' writer Maddow |
| LUGANO | A lake and town in southern Switzerland (6) |
| SINTRA | Town in southern Portugal that contains the Pena Palace (6) |
| DIDCOT | Town in southern Oxfordshire noted for its railway heritage (6) |
| YEOVIL | Town in southern Somerset (6) |
| BALDUR | Town in southern Manitoba named after one of norse deity Odin's sons |
| RIPON | A cathedral city in northern England (pop about 17,000) (5) |
| STOKE | English market town in the West Midlands (pop about 17,000) (5) |
| NANTON | Bomber Command Museum of Canada town in southern Alberta |
