| SALINA | A town in central Kansas. |
| ERLANGEN | A town in central Germany, in Bavaria (8) |
| ALOST | A town in central Belgium. |
| AALOST | A town in central Belgium. |
| ALTOONA | A town in central Pennsylvania. |
| MONTECASSINO | Hill above a town in central Italy; site of intense battle during World War II (5,7) |
| PAISLEY | Also known as Persian Pickles by American quiltmakers, this motif is of Persian origin but its Western name is derived from a town in central Scotland |
| TIMBUKTU | Name a town in central Mali, near the River Niger (8) |
| EMERALD | Name a town in central Queensland, west of Blackwater (7) |
| YAWNS | Looks bored with the way back to central Kansas (5) |
| CLUNY | Town in central France, site of a Benedictine Abbey founded in 910 (5) |
| TILLICOULTRY | Small town in Central Scotland (pop about 6,000), created a burgh in 1871 (12) |
| MONTUIRI | Town in central Mallorca near the Son Fornes Bronze Age archaeological site, built on a hill its name comes from the Latin for 'mountain town' (8) |
| ALICE | Town in central Australia in the Macdonnell Ranges (5) |
| SPRINGS | Town in central Australia in the Macdonnell Ranges (7) |
| WATERLOO | Small town in central Belgium that was scene of a famous 1815 battle (8) |
| TOURS | Town in central France on the River Loire housing a Gothic cathedral (5) |
| ALLOA | Town in central Scotlnd (pop 20,000), once a coal-mining centre (5) |
| DOLLAR | Small town in central Scotland (pop about 3,000), with an independent school founded in 1818 (6) |
| ALICESPRINGS | Town in Central Australia, in the Northern Territory, midway between Adelaide and Darwin (5,7) |
