| NUREMBERG | City in central Bavaria |
| VARIETY | In central Bavaria, medieval courtyard's spectacular |
| JAILHOUSE | In Bavaria, certainly one lake hot: river cooler (9) |
| SOLNHOFEN | Town in Bavaria noted for Jurassic limestone slabs and fossils including Archaeopteryx (9) |
| FREESTATE | Bavaria, per part of its official name |
| ERLANGEN | A town in central Germany, in Bavaria (8) |
| SCHWEINFURT | City in Bavaria, Germany that was the centre of the German ball-bearing industry in World War II (11 |
| ARCHAEOPTERYX | The genus of feathered dinosaur that was once thought to be the oldest known fossil bird. Fossils are known from specimens found in the Solnhofen Limestone Formation in Bavaria, Germany, starting in 1 |
| COBURG | Town in northern Bavaria in eastern Germany (6) |
| SUNDAYPAPER | Periodical printed in Bavaria and used in state exam |
| MUNICH | City in Bavaria |
| REGENSBURG | Scoff twice about touring German city, one in Bavaria (10) |
| NURNBERG | German name for a city in northern Bavaria, southern Germany (8) |
| BAYERNMUNICH | The most successful club in German football history, based in Bavaria (6,6) |
| AUGSBURG | City at the junction of the Wertach and Lech rivers in Bavaria, S Germany, named after the first emperor of Rome (8) |
| PTERODACTYL | Extinct flying reptile, with remains principally found in limestone deposits in Bavaria |
| ILLUMINATI | Any of various groups claiming special religious enlightenment, especially a secret society founded in Bavaria in 1776; Latin, 'the enlightened ones' (10) |
| PASSAU | City in Lower Bavaria where the Danube is joined by the rivers Inn and Ilz |
| UBER | Above, in Bavaria |
| AUDI | Auto company headquartered in Bavaria |