| LISBOA | Capital city in ProvA-ncia da Estremadura |
| PERSIANS | Cats in Spain roaming around summits of Estremadura, Rioja and far side of Pyrenees (8) |
| BRIO | The Verve in Brazilian capital city in South America? (4) |
| NAIROBI | Lost Biro in a capital city in East Africa (7) |
| VIA | *Street, in capital city in Rome |
| RUE | *Street, in capital city in #25 |
| THEALBERTHALL | With a similar name to London's iconic venue, this was the main place for entertainment in Australia's capital city in the 1940s and 50s (3,6,4) |
| MINSK | Capital city in eastern Europe (pop about 2 million), founded in the 11th century (5) |
| RANGOON | Former capital city in south-east Asia (pop about 7 million), founded in the 11th century (7) |
| MANAGUA | Capital city in Central America (pop 1 million), hit by a major earthquake in 1972 (7) |
| ATHENS | Capital city in southern Europe, (pop 685,000), host of the Olympic Games in 2004 (6) |
| LHASA | Capital city in Asia (pop about 280,000), known as the Forbidden City (5) |
| LIMA | Capital city in South America (pop about 9 million), founded in 1535 (4) |
| CARACAS | Capital city in South America (pop about 2.5 million) founded in 1467 (7) |
| TEHERAN | Capital city in the Middle East (pop 8.7 million), founded in 1786 (7) |
| DACCA | Old name of a capital city in southern Asia (pop about 8.9 million), founded in the 17th century (5) |
| AMSTERDAM | Capital city in northern Europe (pop about 870,000), founded in the late 13th century (9) |
| BUDAPEST | Escape artist Harry Houdini was born in this capital city in 1874 (8) |
| WINDHOEK | Capital city in southern Africa (pop about 450,000), founded in 1890 (8) |
| OSLO | Capital city in northern Europe (pop about 650,000), founded in 1049 (4) |
