| COMPARISON | Analogy made by fellow doctor with capital in north |
| COMEDIC | Characteristic of humour shown by fellow doctor (7) |
| BOBSLEIGH | Snow vehicle made by fellow with a lot of skill (9) |
| HELSINKI | Capital that man links, strangely, with capital in Iceland (8) |
| BOGOTA | A country with capital in Brasilia turning up - South American capital! (6) |
| CANBERRA | Capital city is sometimes right, twinned with capital in Argentina (8) |
| BARCELONA | Regional capital in north-east Spain (pop 1.6 million), founded by the Romans in the first century BC (9) |
| MOAN | Complaint made by fellow about nothing (4) |
| ALBATROSS | Score made by fellow supporting a Liberal club? (9) |
| FINDING | Discovery made by fellow at home before sound of bell (7) |
| SPACEMAN | Second step made by fellow astronaut (8) |
| ULANBATOR | Brutal on a cook with capital in Mongolia (4,5) |
| NIGERIA | Country, one with capital in Abuja (7) |
| RUBBERNECKING | Gawping, as business leader with capital in process of folding |
| RHODESIA | Island with capital in Indonesia, a country formerly (8) |
| LEON | Provincial capital in north-west Spain (pop about 450,000) with a 13th century Gothic cathedral (4) |
| NATAL | A seaport and state capital in north-east Brazil (pop about 900,000), founded in 1599 (5) |
| RAVENNA | Provincial capital in north-east Italy (pop about 170,000) founded in the 6th century BC (7) |
| EDMONTON | Provincial capital in north London? |
| ALGIERS | A capital in North Africa (7) |
