| EISENACH | City in Thuringia, central Germany, noted as the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685) |
| HUNAU | City in central Germany noted as the birthplace of Jakob (1785) and Wilhelm (1786) Grimm (5) |
| SOLINGEN | City in west central Germany noted for cutlery (8) |
| BACHS | The two wives and 20 children of Johann Sebastian |
| TRIER | German city in the Moselle wine region noted as the birthplace of Karl Marx (5) |
| BROWNSEA | ____ Island, one in Poole Harbour noted as the birthplace of the Scouting movement (8) |
| ASSISI | Town in Umbria, central Italy, noted as the birthplace of saints Francis (c. 1181) and Clare (1194) (6) |
| WEIMAR | City in Thuringia, Germany, that gave its name to the republic that replaced the German Empire in 1919 |
| JENA | City in Thuringia, Germany; site of an 1806 battle at which Napoleon defeated the Prussians (4) |
| CHRISTMASORATORIO | Title of a composition by Johann Sebastian Bach based on the episodes of the story of the nativity ( |
| NUREMBERG | City in the German state of Bavaria noted as the site of post-war trials of Nazi war criminals (9) |
| WORMS | City in Germany on the Rhine noted as the seat of imperial diets (5) |
| AJACCIO | City on the west coast of Corsica best known as the birthplace of the Emperor Napoleon |
| GOTHA | Acquired husband at a city in Thuringia |
| DORTMUND | City in western Germany noted for the Florian Tower, built in 1959 (8) |
| MEISSEN | Town in the east of Germany noted for its manufacture of porcelain (7) |
| GUADALCANAL | One of the Solomon Islands noted as the site of a major Allied offensive against Japan in 1942-43 (11) |
| BMINORMASS | Johann Sebastian Bach's only setting of the com plete Latin text of Ordinarium Missae (1,5,4) |
| CAIRNS | Australian city in Queensland noted as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef (6) |
| ARNHEM | Dutch city noted as the site of a World War II battle in 1944 (6) |
