| KANSASCITY | City founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River (6,4) |
| SUCRE | City founded in the 16th century that is the judicial capital of Bolivia (5) |
| OSLO | Scandinavian capital city founded in the Viking Age |
| SIOUXCITY | Iowa port on the Missouri River |
| OMAHA | Port on the Missouri |
| NEWORLEANS | Salerno may be viewed thus as a port city in the south (3,7) |
| SEVASTOPOL | City founded in 1783, home to Russia's Black Sea Fleet (10) |
| ALEXANDRIA | Egypt's secondlargest city, founded in 331BC (10) |
| NASHVILLE | A port on the Cumberland River in Tennessee, site of the entertainment complex Opryland USA |
| STORNOWAY | A port on the East coast of the Isle of Lewis, largest settlement in the Outer Hebrides (9) |
| MAINZ | State capital of Rhineland-Palatinate in west central Germany, a port on the left bank of the Rhine River (5) |
| BREMEN | Germany's 11th-largest city, a port on the River Weser (6) |
| EARL | - Grey; bergamot-flavoured Keemun tea that takes its name from the title of a prime minister of the UK who served in the 1830s (4) |
| AJACCIO | The capital of Corsica, a port on the western coast (7) |
| CAGLIARI | Capital and largest city of Sardinia, a port on the south coast (8) |
| MUSCAT | The capital of Oman, a port on the Arabian Sea (6) |
| VALENCIA | Third-largest city of Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, a port on the Mediterranean coast (8) |
| CONAKRY | Capital and largest city of Guinea, a port on the island of Tombo (7) |
| ACCRA | Capital and largest city of Ghana, a port on the Gulf of Guinea (5) |
| PRAIA | Capital city of Cabo Verde, a port on the island of Sao Tiago (5) |
