| HAIFA | Chief port and third-largest city of Israel, in the NW on the slopes of Mount Carmel (5) |
| KEDAH | Oldest state of Malaysia, in the NW on the Malay Peninsula; capital, Alor Setar (5) |
| SALTO | Second-largest city of Uruguay, in the northwest on the Uruguay river (5) |
| RABAT | Capital of Morocco in the northwest on the Atlantic coast (5) |
| MADRID | Capital of Spain and third largest city in the European Union (6) |
| TELAVIV | Largest city of Israel (3,4) |
| ASHER | Son of Jacob and founder of a tribe of Israel in the Old Testament (5) |
| IBIZA | Westernmost and third-largest of the Balearic Islands, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999 (5) |
| IRBID | The third-largest city of Jordan, south of the Syrian border (5) |
| JONAH | Prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC (5) |
| SMITH | Author Zadie who has penned novels including The Autograph Man, NW, On Beauty and White Teeth (5) |
| EILAT | Southernmost city of Israel, and its only outlet to the Red Sea (5) |
| IZMIR | Third-largest city of Turkey, known in ancient times as Smyrna (5) |
| IBZAN | Tenth judge of Israel in the Bible |
| OSAKA | Third largest city of Japan (5) |
| MALMO | (GKN) Third-largest city of Sweden, noted for its annual Christmas market (5) |
| IDAHO | State in the NW united States (5) |
| WAXEN | Pallid cutter, in the NW up (5) |
| BASEL | Third-largest city of Switzerland |
| LYONS | Third-largest city of France |
