| GIZA | An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo. |
| OMDURMAN | Second most populous city of Sudan, on the west bank of the Nile opposite Khartoum (8) |
| THEBES | Greek name for an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile (6) |
| THEBAN | Relating to an ancient Egyptian city |
| SPHINXOFGIZA | The Great ___, limestone statue of a mythological creature, on the West Bank of the Nile (6,2,4) |
| VATICANCITY | The seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and an enclave in Rome, situated on the west bank of the Tiber River. (7,4) |
| OMAHA | Largest city of Nebraska, on the west bank of the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa (5) |
| VATICAN | ___ City, seat of the Roman Catholic Church on the west bank of the River Tiber (7) |
| BOAVISTA | Capital of Roraima, the northernmost state of Brazil, on the west bank of the Branco River (3,5) |
| STTHOMAS | The part of Exeter on the west bank of the Exe (2,6) |
| NEUSS | An industrial city in Germany, on the west bank of the Rhine (5) |
| LUXOR | Egyptian city on the east bank -of the Nile (5) |
| ASSUR | Earliest capital of Assyria, on the west bank of the Tigris river in modern-day Iraq (5) |
| BETHANY | Village on the west bank of the River Jordan, home of Lazarus (7) |
| BETHEL | Ancient town on the west bank of the Jordan near Jerusalem (6) |
| ALSACE | Cultural and historical region in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine (6) |
| HELIOPOLIS | Ancient Egyptian city on the Nile delta where Cleopatra's Needles originally stood (10) |
| NEWNHAM | Location of tunnel close to the west bank of the River Severn (7) |
| AJACCIO | City on the west coast of Corsica best known as the birthplace of the Emperor Napoleon |
| JERICHO | Ancient Palestinian city on the West Bank (pop about 18,000) (7) |