| ZARAGOZA | City in northeast Spain on the River Ebro; capital of the Kingdom of Aragon from the 12th century (8) |
| BERLINER | Citizen of European capital city (pop about 4 million), founded in the 12th century (8) |
| EXPLORER | Benjamin of Tudela was a noted one in the 12th century (8) |
| ELCID | Hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century (2,3) |
| CLINK | The _, Southwark prison which operated from the 12th century until 1780 (5) |
| SARAGOSSA | English name for a city on the River Ebro in north-east Spain (9) |
| CHARCOAL | Burnt wood, one of the most important economic activities in Mallorca's Serra de Tramuntana mountain range during the late 12th century (8) |
| PAMPLONA | City in Spain which was capital of the kingdom of Navarre from the 11th century until 1841 (8) |
| TORTOSA | City in Catalonia, northeast Spain, on the Ebro River |
| TOLEDO | City in central Spain on the River Tagus; the capital of Castile 1087-1560 (6) |
| TARRAGONA | City in Catalonia, northeast Spain on the Mediterranean Sea (9) |
| MINASTIRITH | Capital of the kingdom of Gondor in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954-5) (5,6) |
| GOTHIC | Style of architecture that was used in Western Europe from the 12th to the 16th century (6) |
| LARIOJA | Spanish region in the wine-producing valley of the River Ebro (2,5) |
| BARCELONA | Large regional capital in northeast Spain (pop about 1.6 million), founded as a Roman city (9) |
| FLORENCE | Capital of the Kingdom of Italy, 1865-1871, whose dialect forms the base of Standard Italian (8) |
| FLEET | A London river, which gave its name to a city prison that was in use from the 12th to 19th centuries (5) |
| RIOJA | Wine produced close to the River Ebro in northern Spain |
| PYRENEES | Used for cremation in northeast Spain, in the mountains |
| SICILY | It is an island in southern Italy. Palermo became the capital of the kingdom that existed here. In Antony and Cleopatra (act 3, scene 6), Octavius Caesar says, "Caesar, and that having in ___ / Sextus |
