| PAMPLONA | Capital of the autonomous community of Navarre, Spain |
| MERIDA | Capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain (6) |
| ASTURIAS | Autonomous community of NW Spain whose capital is Oviedo (8) |
| PYRENEES | Locale of the ancient kingdom of Navarre |
| SANTANDER | Port city on the Bay of Biscay in northern Spain; capital of the autonomous region of Cantabria (9) |
| GALICIAN | Language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch spoken in an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain |
| VALENCIA | Autonomous community in eastern Spain (8) |
| LOGRONO | Capital of the autonomous province of La Rioja in northern Spain, on the Ebro River (7) |
| OVIEDO | Capital of the autonomous region of Asturias in north-west Spain (6) |
| VALLADOLID | University city in Spain; de facto capital of the autonomous region of Castile and Leon (10) |
| LHASA | A city in SW China, the capital of the autonomous region of Tibet (5) |
| NOVISAD | Port city on the River Danube in NE Serbia; capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina (4,3) |
| TRIESTE | Capital of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in NE Italy, near the border with Slovenia (7) |
| MAYKOP | Capital of the autonomous republic of Adygea in Russia (6) |
| ANDALUSIA | Autonomous community of Spain located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula (9) |
| CATALONIA | Autonomous community of NE Spain that includes the cities of Sabadell and Tarragona |
| BASQUE | ___ Country: Autonomous community of Spain (6) |
| BOURBON | Henry of Navarre, for one, takes the biscuit! |
| LOVESLABOURSLOST | Early comedy by William Shakespeare featuring the character Ferdinand, King of Navarre |
| BILBAO | Largest city in the autonomous Basque Country of northern Spain, on the Nervion River near the Bay of Biscay (6) |
