| HEILBRONN | City on River Neckar in north Baden-Wurttemberg in Germany (9) |
| STUTTGART | Industrial city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, on the River Neckar (9) |
| HEIDELBERG | City in Baden-Wurttemberg on the River Neckar whose university is the oldest in Germany |
| KARISRUHE | The second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg (9) |
| KARLSRUHE | The second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg (9) |
| MANNHEIM | Inland port of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany at the confluence of the Rivers Neckar and Rhine |
| ULM | Industrial city in Baden-wurttemberg, Germany, on the River Danube (3) |
| ROT | Southern tributary of the Danube in the region of Upper Swabia in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany |
| WESER | Again stitch up European runner (should it be Neckar in this grid?) (5) |
| ILLER | German River in Bavaria & Baden-Wurttemberg, a right tributary of the Danube. |
| HOCKENHEIMRING | Motor racing circuit in Baden-Wurttemberg that last hosted the German Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2019 |
| BLACKFOREST | Hilly, wooded region of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (5,6) |
| STUTTGARTICHOKE | Veggie developed in Baden-Wurttemberg, maybe? |
| TUBINGEN | University city of SW Germany on the Neckar river approximately 30 km (19 mi) south of Stuttgart (8) |
| ARRIVE | Come to part of Neckar river (6) |
| BADEN | ___-Wurttemberg, state in Germany (5) |
| NEU | Neckar cars were a collaboration between Fiat and which German marque? (3) |
| NSUFIAT | Which car marque later became Neckar? (3-4) |
| TECK | Mary of - in the kingdom of Wurttemberg, wife of King George V from 1893-1936 (4) |
| LEVI | Son of Jacob Wurttemberg |
