| SALZBURG | Austrian city in state of the same name near German border (8) |
| SAOPAULO | Brazilian city in state of the same name whose inhabitants are called Paulistanos (3,5) |
| STRASBOURG | French city near German border (10) |
| OMAHA | City in state of Nebraska (5) |
| SUNBATHE | What holidaymakers might do in a French city in state's borders (8) |
| AVERS | In states of the south, again, Virginia turns up (5) |
| KERKRADE | City in the Netherlands on the German border which is one of the oldest coal-mining centres in Europe (8) |
| WALLAWALLA | Twice-named U.S. city in Washington state that sits astride a river of the same name near the Oregon state line (5,5) |
| DURANGO | Mexican city located in the south central part of the state of the same name in the fertile valley of the Sierra Madre Occidental (7) |
| NIJMEGEN | Ancient Dutch city (pop about 170,000), close to the German border, founded in 98 AD (8) |
| ABERAERON | Terminus of a GWR branch from a junction of the same name near Lampeter (9) |
| SAINTEMILION | A full-bodied red wine produced around a town of the same name near Bordeaux in south-west France (5-7) |
| NEW | Largest city in the USA in a state of the same name (3,4) |
| YORK | Largest city in the USA in a state of the same name (3,4) |
| LIEGE | Largest French-speaking city in Belgium, capital of a state of the same name (5) |
| VIENNESE | Characteristic of an Austrian city |
| QUEENSLAND | ___ Reds rugby union team for the Australian state of the same name |
| AAA | Towing co. name near the start of the Yellow Pages |
| AARON | Boy's name near the beginning of the alphabet |
| WARREN | Name near the top of the Forbes 400 |
