| BRIGHTONANDHOVE | Unitary authority in East Sussex awarded city status in 2000 |
| DUNFERMLINE | Which town was awarded city status in 2022? (11) |
| BANGLADESH | Asian country that was given full Test cricket status in 2000 (10) |
| OLDFASHIONED | Authority in east London built square (3-9) |
| PRESTWICH | Town in Bury unitary authority in Greater Manchester (9) |
| CROSBY | Town in Sefton unitary authority in Merseyside (6) |
| HAWORTH | Village in Bradford unitary authority in West Yorkshire (7) |
| MEDWAY | Unitary authority in Kent to which Rochester belongs (6) |
| LUTON | Large town, borough and unitary authority in Bedfordshire with an airport |
| ANDBUTE | Unitary authority in W Scotland whose administrative centre is Lochgilphead (6,3,4) |
| ARGYLL | Unitary authority in W Scotland whose administrative centre is Lochgilphead (6,3,4) |
| RUTLAND | Smallest of the historic English counties, made an independent unitary authority in 1997 (7) |
| CHATHAM | The administrative headquarters of Medway unitary authority in Kent (7) |
| BERGAMO | Cathedral city in Lombardy (pop 120,000), granted city status in 49 BC (7) |
| LISBURN | Small city in Northern Irelnd (pop about 70,000), granted city status in 2002(7) |
| PRESTON | City in north-west England (pop 114,000). It obtained city status in 2002. (7) |
| STIRLING | Former royal burgh in Scotland granted city status in 2002 |
| HOVE | Seaside resort in East Sussex that achieved city status with Brighton in 2000 |
| GILLINGHAM | Town in unitary authority of Medway in Kent (10) |
| ROCHESTER | This British town, a city since 1227, lost its former city status in 1998 through administrative error (9) |
