| NARVA | City in northeast Estonia near to the Russian border housing the 13th-century Hermann Castle |
| LAHORE | City in northeast Pakistan housing the University of the Punjab (6) |
| EXPLOSIVE | Gunpowder, in use by the 9th century in China and the 13th century in the West, was the first known |
| ZARAGOZA | City in northeast Spain on the River Ebro; capital of the Kingdom of Aragon from the 12th century (8) |
| 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) |
| SETIF | City in northeast Algeria housing the Ain El Fouara Fountain (5) |
| FINN | Said part of aircraft might be found near the Russian border |
| ETHER | Discovered in the 13th century and called sweet vitriol, it wasn't until the 19th century that it was used to put patients to sleep for surgery |
| UPPSALA | City in central Sweden that was the royal headquarters in the 13th Century (7) |
| ALEXEI | First name of the heir to the Russian throne, executed in 1918 (6) |
| BERINGSEA | Riga's been rebuilt, the Russian border being fluid |
| 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) |
| ASSISSI | Town in Umbria, home to two contemporary saints in the 13th century (7) |
| 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) |
| 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 (4) |
| EGER | Tourist city in northeast Hungary at the centre of a wine-producing region |
