| EDE | City in the central Netherlands NW of Arnhem (3) |
| UTRECHT | City in the central Netherlands; scene of the signing of the Union of --- (1579) |
| RIO | Little city in the central Loire, maybe (3) |
| ZWOLLE | Town in the central Netherlands that is the capital of Overijssel province (6) |
| MEN | Characters furthest from the front in Arnhem take on soldiers (3) |
| APELDOORN | City in the Gelderland province of the central Netherlands; site of the Het Loo royal palace (9) |
| DOORN | Town in the central Netherlands; residence of Kaiser Wilhelm II after his abdication (5) |
| WAAL | River in the central Netherlands (4) |
| ELOBEID | City in the central Sudan that was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 (2,5) |
| ELCHO | ___ Island, land area in the Arafura Sea off the coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia (5) |
| YIDAKIS | Long wooden wind instruments played by the Aboriginal peoples of Arnhem Land (7) |
| ZUIDERZEE | Shallow sea in central Netherlands dammed in 1932 to form the Waddenzee and Lake IJssel (6,3) |
| OMDURMAN | City in the central Sudan, scene of an 1898 battle (8) |
| ELAD | City in the Central District of Israel (4) |
| SANTACRUZ | City in the central region of Bolivia (5,4) |
| OBEID | El - is a city in the central Sudan (5) |
| OENPELLI | What was the name of the Arnhem Land mission which, in 1975, was transferred to an Aboriginal land council and named Gunbalanya? (8) |
| CARPENTARIA | The Gulf of --- lies between Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula in Australia (11) |
| MAGPIEGOOSE | The Arafura Swamp in Arnhem Land is home to large flocks of this waterfowl (6,5) |
| REDBERET | Russian headgear that signifies an Arnhem veteran? (3,5) |
