| LOGRONO | Capital of the autonomous province of La Rioja in northern Spain, on the Ebro River (7) |
| NOVISAD | Port city on the River Danube in NE Serbia; capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina (4,3) |
| NAVARRE | Autonomous region of northern Spain on the border with France; capital, Pamplona (7) |
| BILBAO | Largest city in the autonomous Basque Country of northern Spain, on the Nervion River near the Bay of Biscay (6) |
| RIO | Take a drop of rioja in the Copacabana city (3) |
| ENTRAMMEL | Emmental, ham and a drop of rioja in hamper (9) |
| TORTOSA | Port in N.E. Spain on the Ebro River which was an important Moorish town (7) |
| TRIESTE | Capital of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in NE Italy, near the border with Slovenia (7) |
| BERBERA | Port on the Gulf of Aden in the Sahil region in the autonomous area of Somaliland in Somalia (7) |
| SANTANDER | Port city on the Bay of Biscay in northern Spain; capital of the autonomous region of Cantabria (9) |
| 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) |
| OVIEDO | Capital of the autonomous region of Asturias in north-west Spain (6) |
| MERIDA | Capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain (6) |
| MAYKOP | Capital of the autonomous republic of Adygea in Russia (6) |
| PAMPLONA | Capital of the autonomous community of Navarre, Spain (8) |
| RIOJA | Wine-producing region in the Ebro River valley of northern Spain (5) |
| ABKHAZIA | An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea. |
| EBRO | Flowing through La Rioja, the longest river entirely within Spain (4) |
| ARAGON | Where the Ebro River flows |