| TARRAGONA | City in Catalonia, NE Spain on the Mediterranean Sea (9) |
| TORTOSA | City in Catalonia, NE Spain on the Ebro River (7) |
| ANDALUSIA | An autonomous community of Southern Spain on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (9) |
| BARCELONA | Spanish city in Catalonia (9) |
| ZARAGOZA | City in northeast Spain on the River Ebro; capital of the Kingdom of Aragon from the 12th century (8) |
| CATALONIA | Autonomous region in NE Spain, capital Barcelona (9) |
| SARAGOSSA | City of NE Spain |
| GAZA | The - - - Strip, a Palestinian coastal region on the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt in the South West and Israel in the North and East (4) |
| VALENCIA | A port in East Spain on the Mediterranean, Spain's third-largest city (8) |
| LLEIDA | City in Catalonia, on the river Segre, overlooked by the Gothic-Romanesque Seu Vella cathedral (6) |
| ISRAEL | Asian republic on the Mediterranean Sea established in 1948 in the former British mandate of Palestine |
| BENGHAZI | Seaport in NE Libya on the Mediterranean Sea (8) |
| NICE | City in Alpes-Maritimes, France on the Mediterranean Sea (4) |
| TELAVIV | City in Israel on the Mediterranean Sea (3,4) |
| CEUTA | Exclave of Spain on the Mediterranean that is claimed by Morocco (5) |
| DELSOL | see 12ac, Resort region of southern Spain on the Mediterranean |
| COSTA | Resort region of southern Spain on the Mediterranean (5,3,3) |
| MURCIA | Region of Spain on the Mediterranean (6) |
| TYRE | A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea. |
| TRIPOLI | The capital and chief port of Libya, situated on the Mediterranean Sea (7) |