| OFBETHLEHEM | Carol only gets a place in the Middle East (1,6,4,2,9) |
| OLITTLETOWN | Carol only gets a place in the Middle East (1,6,4,2,9) |
| OXO | The smaller fox only gets a bouillon cube (3) |
| OBSOLETE | Out of practice old boy only gets a note (8) |
| LASSO | Girl only gets a piece of rope (5) |
| TROUBLESPOT | In sum, Russian money and power gets a place in the Middle East? |
| DRURY | Tip off the panel after the doctor gets a place in rural Auckland (5) |
| NEPAL | Geordie mate gets a place in the mountains ... (5) |
| LOGGIA | Diary of soldier gets a place in gallery that is openly aired (6) |
| AWARD | Oscar, for one, gets a place in medical institution (5) |
| PAPAMOA | Almost moan after Dad gets a place in Bay of Plenty (7) |
| LEIPZIG | The last letter I sent to my sweetheart, a GP who has a large place in the centre of Devizes, was about organising our trip to a place in Germany (7) |
| INADEN | Involved in a study of a place in the Middle East (2,4) |
| ANCHORAGE | The largest city in the largest state gets a place to park the boat (9) |
| ABATTOIR | I'm taking a boar and three of my chickens off to a place in the middle of Tatton -- it's a slaughterhouse (8) |
| SYRIA | I say, run off to a place in the Middle East (5) |
| DEPLETE | Small place in the middle of a river - the banks, empty (7) |
| ANKARA | Heard newsreader has a place in the Middle East |
| MOTEL | A short time on the phone gets a place to stay |
| IRAQI | At the opening, intrepid reporter asks questions implicitly related to place in the Middle East |
