| VALETTA | Capital city officially recognised as a World Heritage Site in 1980 (7) |
| LUBECK | City of the Hanseatic League, listed as a World Heritage Site (6) |
| RHODESIA | African state, 1965-79, never officially recognised as a country (8) |
| CANONISED | Officially recognised as a saint (9) |
| PORTELIZABETH | South Africa's sixth-largest city, officially renamed Gqeberha (4,9) |
| ALLAHABAD | Indian city officially named Prayagraj located at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers (9) |
| FERRARA | Provincial capital in north-east Italy (pop about 130,000), designated a World Heritage Site (7) |
| ESTAING | In which picturesque French village in the north of Aveyron is the bridge over the river Lot which forms part of a world heritage site? (7) |
| TEHERAN | The Qajar-era Golestan Palace, a World Heritage Site, is in this Middle Eastern city (one spelling) (7) |
| LEHAVRE | City in northern France which is home to The Hanging Gardens, a World Heritage site in an old military fort (2,5) |
| AVEBURY | Henge and group of stone circles forming part of a World Heritage Site in Wiltshire with Stonehenge, Silbury Hill and West Kennet Long Barrow (7) |
| COLDITZ | German town whose castle was used as a World War II P.O.W. camp (7) |
| MANXCAT | This tailless animal has been recognised as a distinct breed by the American Cat Fanciers' Associati |
| MINERAL | General name for any of the more than 4,000 officially-recognised species of natural crystalline substances - quartz, topaz, diamond, fluorite ...(7) |
| NAGASAKI | Japanese city whose Christian churches are recognised as a UNESCO world heritage site (8) |
| CANON | A list of writings, especially sacred ones, officially recognised as genuine (5) |
| CERTIFIABLE | Officially recognised as needing treatment for a mental disorder (11) |
| BATH | City in south-west England (pop 100,0000, made a World Heritage Site in 1987) (4) |
| KANDY | City in Sri Lanka designated a World Heritage site in 1988 (5) |
| NARVIK | Town in northern Norway noted as a World War II battle site in 1940 (6) |
