| DENHELDER | City in North Holland, Netherlands, housing a naval base (3,6) |
| ALKMAAR | City in North Holland, Netherlands, noted for its cheese production and market (7) |
| APELDOORN | City in Gelderland, the Netherlands, housing Het Loo Palace (9) |
| EDAM | Cheese town in North Holland (4) |
| OSS | City in North Brabant, Netherlands, housing the Museum Jan Cunen |
| PLYMOUTH | Port city in Devon with a naval base (8) |
| BREST | Which port in Brittany, north-west France is also a naval base? (5) |
| HAARLEM | City in the Netherlands, capital of North Holland province (7) |
| HARLEM | Area of Manhattan named after a city in the Dutch province of North Holland |
| UTRECHT | City in the Netherlands housing the Dom Tower (7) |
| DELFT | Town in South Holland, Netherlands associated with a type of tin-glazed earthenware (5) |
| MURMANSK | Isle's shrouded in darkness - it's a naval base (8) |
| ROSYTH | A naval base and dockyard in Fife. Scotland (6) |
| SCHIEDAM | Port in South Holland, Netherlands, noted for its gin distilleries |
| GOSPORT | Town in Hampshire, on Portsmouth harbour, site of a naval base since the 16th Century (7) |
| LOCHLONG | Narrow, deep inlet of the Clyde with a naval base at Coulport (4,4) |
| MANOFWAR | Funny farm, now a naval base (3-2-3) |
| KEEL | A naval base like Kiel (4) |
| CARTAGENA | Spanish city founded in 221BC, a naval station in Murcia |
| ADMIRALTY | Briefly show approval of a naval officer's year in HQ |
