| EVANSTON | City in the Chicagoland metropolitan area, home of Northwestern University |
| STRATHDON | Aberdeenshire area, home of Lonach Highlanders (9) |
| YELLOWSTONE | Name of the enormous crater in the western-central portion of northwestern Wyoming formed by a cataclysmic volcanic eruption some 640,000 years ago. It is found in (and shares the name of) one of the |
| GETAFE | Spanish city in the south of the Madrid metropolitan area whose football team reached the final of the Copa del Rey in 2007 and 2008 |
| THEBEAR | Series that features the fictional establishment The Original Beef of Chicagoland |
| RHEINMAIN | German name of the metropolitan area in Hesse around the confluence of two rivers and of the former US airbase (5-4) |
| KENSINGTON | London area home to the V&A and the Science Museum |
| BAJACALIFORNIA | Spanish name for Lower California, the peninsula of northwestern Mexico, bounded by the United States, the Gulf of California, and the Pacific Ocean. (4,10) |
| PARRAMATTA | City in New South Wales, Australia, in the metropolitan area of Sydney (10) |
| TELAVIV | The most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel (3,4) |
| OSASCO | City in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo lying on the Tiete River (6) |
| IPSWICH | East Anglia's third largest urban area, home to a football club that won the UEFA Cup in 1981 (7) |
| SUNSETSTRIP | Hollywood area home to The Comedy Store and Whisky a Go Go |
| QUALIFY | Moderate seaside area home to bulk of organisms (7) |
| HUNDREDACREWOOD | Forested area home to Winnie-the-Pooh and his pals |
| SF | Bay Area home to the WNBA's Golden State Valkyries |
| NOOTKA | A member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington. |
| TORINO | Capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy. |
| SARRE | La ___ (Town in the Lake Abitibi area of northwestern Quebec) |
| MIKEDITKA | Former Bears player and coach who founded a chain of restaurants in Chicagoland and Pittsburgh: 2 wds. |
