| NARVA | City in northeast Estonia near to the Russian border housing 13th-century Hermann Castle |
| STBRIAVELS | Village in Gloucestershire near the England-Wales border housing a moated Norman castle |
| LAUNCESTON | Town in Cornwall near the Devon border housing a Norman castle (10) |
| FINN | Said part of aircraft might be found near the Russian border |
| CANNES | Film-festival city near to the Lerins Islands and Ile Sainte-Marguerite, where the so-called man in the iron mask spent 11 years isolated in a fortress prison (6) |
| ZARAGOZA | City in northeast Spain on the River Ebro; capital of the Kingdom of Aragon from the 12th century (8) |
| LAHORE | City in northeast Pakistan housing the University of the Punjab |
| CHEDDAR | Situated near to the site of the UK's largest gorge and famous for cheese, a village in the Mendip Hills through which the Sustrans Strawberry Line passes (7) |
| ALEXEI | First name of the heir to the Russian throne, executed in 1918 (6) |
| SETIF | City in northeast Algeria housing the Ain El Fouara Fountain |
| BERINGSEA | Riga's been rebuilt, the Russian border being fluid |
| LAPLAND | The French scheme added base in Russian border area (7) |
| RASPUTIN | Name given to the Russian 'monk' who claimed divine powers, was presented at court in 1907 and treated the Tsarevitch's haemophilia (8) |
| TITANIA | The queen returned the article to the Russian (7) |
| COLERAINE | Large town in Northern Ireland near to the mouth of the River Bann |
| CANPASTILLA | Tourist resort in Playa de Palma, Mallorca on the south coast near to the airport (3,8) |
| FABERGE | Peter Carl, jeweller to the Russian imperial court born in 1846 (7) |
| ASSEN | City in northeast Netherlands: capital of the province of Drenthe (5) |
| IASI | City in northeast Romania; a former capital of the country |
| EGER | Tourist city in northeast Hungary at the centre of a wine-producing region |
