| DORTMUND | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, one of Germany's first brewing centres (8) |
| DIETRICH | "Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs." She was in Der blaue Engel (1930), one of Germany's first talking films; she soon afterward catapulted to stardom in the United States. |
| DAWESPLAN | The ____ of 1924 was intended to resolve the issue of Germany's First World War reparations |
| BURST | Break to get sun in brewing centre? That's not on (5) |
| SAAR | River after which one of Germany's states is named |
| AUDI | One of Germany's "Big Three" |
| DUISBURG | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that was heavily bombed during World War II (8) |
| LAUSANNE | Swiss city, location of the June/July 1932 Conference, addressing the problem of Germany's payment of First World War reparations (8) |
| ADENAUER | Konrad, 1876-1967, West Germany's first chancellor (8) |
| LEVERKUSEN | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, north of Cologne (10) |
| MOERS | City in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine west of Duisburg (5) |
| DUSSELDORF | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, birthplace of Anne of Cleves (10) |
| ESSEN | Major city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany's heavily industrialised Ruhr region, whose Zollverein coal mine was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001 (5) |
| OBERHAUSEN | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany (10) |
| HAMM | City in North Rhine Westphalia, influential in the Hanseatic League (4) |
| COLOGNE | Industrial city in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine |
| MINDEN | City in North Rhine-Westphalia on the River Weser, scene of a 1759 battle during the Seven Years' War (6) |
| WUPPERTAL | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, noted for its suspension railway |
| BOCHUM | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, housing the German Mining Museum |
| GELSENKIRCHEN | German city in North Rhine-Westphalia that is home to the football club Schalke 04 |
