| PLOVDIV | City in southern Bulgaria on the Maritsa River |
| RUSE | Largest river port of Bulgaria, on the right bank of the Danube opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu (4) |
| AVIGNON | City in southern France (pop about 90,000), on the River Rhone (7) |
| ALBENA | Purpose-built resort in Bulgaria on the Black Sea (6) |
| ANGELES | City in southern California, US; most populous in the state (3,7) |
| ARIA | Sung in Southern Bulgaria (4) |
| LARNACA | City in southern Cyprus ( pop about 50,000), built on the ruins of ancient Citium ( 7) |
| GRANADA | City in southern Spain (pop about 900,000), the site of the Alhambra Palace (7) |
| ANAHEIM | City in southern California (pop about 350,000), founded in 1857 (7) |
| AVEOS | Greek name for the Maritsa (5) |
| VARNA | Port and resort of NE Bulgaria on the Black Sea, once known as Stalin (5) |
| EDIRNE | Turkish town on the River Maritsa which was the ancient Adrianople (6) |
| NICOSIA | Capital city in southern Europe (pop about 120,000), with a cathedral dating from the 14th century (7) |
| CALGARY | City in southern Alberta (7) |
| CORDOBA | City in southern Spain (7) |
| ANTIOCH | City in southern Turkey; capital of Syria from 300-64 BC (7) |
| SWANSEA | City in southern Wales (7) |
| CORINTH | Seaport and industrial city in southern Greece (pop about 40,000) (7) |
| KARACHI | Coastal city in southern Pakistan (7) |
| SPARTAN | Citizen of an ancient city in southern Greece (7) |
