| ADANO | "Invasion had come to the town of ___" (opening words of a 1944 novel) |
| TAPERED | Record a left-winger who had come to the point (7) |
| MYSELF | "Song of ___" (opening poem in "Leaves of Grass") |
| BEEN | "It's ___" (opening words of the Barenaked Ladies' "One Week") |
| TITIPU | "The Town of ___", alternative title of The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan (6) |
| WINE | "Bring me ___" (opening words of Emerson's "Bacchus") |
| HALTON | The Town of ___ Hills, in Ontario |
| LOT | Son of Haran (Genesis 11:27) who fled to the town of Zoar to escape the destruction of Sodom (Genesis 19) (3) |
| MICAH | Hebrew prophet of the late 8th century BC native to the town of Moresheth; author of an Old Testament book (5) |
| VITIM | Tributary of the river Lena, navigable to the town of Bodaybo (5) |
| GREATORME | Limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, next to the town of Llandudno |
| STAGE | How one might get to the town of Bottleneck and perform as Frenchy, the saloon singer (4,3,5) |
| TAKETHE | How one might get to the town of Bottleneck and perform as Frenchy, the saloon singer (4,3,5) |
| THEBEST | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| ITWAS | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| OFTIMES | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| ISHMAEL | "Call me _": opening words in Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby Dick (7) |
| VULCAN | The real life town of ___ auctioned a grave plot to Mr. Spock fans (6) |
| NORTHCAROLINA | Home to the town of Turkey |
| OSAY | Opening words of a poem originally titled "Defence of Fort McHenry" |
