| INCHEON | 8/9 - in the case of this Korean city, the Hangang (7) |
| LAODICEA | 8/9 - in the case of this ancient city of Asia Minor, the Lycus (8) |
| MOSUL | 8/9 - in the case of this Iraqi city, the Tigris (5) |
| MOSTAR | 8/9 - in the case of this Bosnian city, the Neretva (6) |
| KINGSTON | 8/9 - in the case of this Caribbean capital, the Hope (8) |
| OMSK | 8/9 - in the case of this Siberian centre of learning, the Irtysh (4) |
| GRAZ | 8/9 - in the case of this Austrian centre of learning, the Mur (4) |
| HANOI | 8/9 - in the case of this Asian capital, the Red (5) |
| GLASGOW | 8/9 - in this case the Clyde (7) |
| TETANUS | Two Greek characters involved in case of this disease (7) |
| REDBOOK | The ___ (in the case of Jung) and Little ___ in the case of Chairman Mao (3,4) |
| BUBONIC | Two cases of this plague were confirmed in Mongolia (7) |
| CARWASH | Song by Rose Royce that reached No 9 in the UK charts in 1977 |
| MAXILLA | Jaw about everyone before nine in the morning (7) |
| IMPEACH | To charge with offences, as in the case of US President Andrew Johnson in 1868 (7) |
| EXAMPLE | In the case of the divorcee, more than enough (7) |
| ATHLETE | It's a hindrance in the case of the sportsman |
| REAGENT | Chemical solution in the case of spy (7) |
| RESHAPE | Alter in the case of quiet mimic (7) |
| GRAVEYARDKILLER | In her first book, Cora cracks the case of this serial murderer |
