| AUCKLAND | City on New Zealand's North Island, nicknamed The City of Sails (8) |
| RUAPEHU | Highest mountain on New Zealand's North Island |
| DAMASCUS | Asian capital city on the Barada River, nicknamed the 'City of Jasmine' (8) |
| PIACENZA | Italian city in the Po Valley nicknamed The City of a Hundred Churches (8) |
| PLENTY | Bay of ___ , active volcanic region on the northeastern coast of New Zealand's North Island (6) |
| ROTORUA | A city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island (7) |
| WAIKATO | Region of New Zealand's North Island whose major centre is the city of Hamilton |
| BALLDROP | Times Square event in New York City on New Year's Eve which Canadians can watch at home from their chesterfields: 2 wds. |
| EASTCOAST | The Atlantic seaboard of the US and New Zealand's North Island between Opotiki and Gisborne (4,5) |
| WILDWOOD | City on New Jersey's Cape May |
| NELSON | City on New Zealand's South Island at the head of Tasman Bay (6) |
| JAMESCOOK | British sailor and explorer after whom the strait between New Zealand's North Island and South Island is named (5,4) |
| MOUNT | Active volcano in New Zealand's North Island, ... Ruapehu |
| DUNEDIN | City on New Zealand's South Island that takes its name from the Gaelic word for Edinburgh (7) |
| TOLEDO | City in central Spain nicknamed the City of the Three Cultures (6) |
| BERGEN | The second-largest city in Norway, nicknamed the 'city of seven mountains' (6) |
| CAIRO | African city nicknamed the City of a Thousand Minarets |
| UDAIPUR | City in Rajasthan, India, nicknamed the 'City of Lakes' (7) |
| AREZZO | A city in Tuscany, nicknamed 'the city of gold' (6) |
| BOISEID | NW city nicknamed "The City of Trees" |
