| TAURANGA | City with 2016 population of 134,000 (8) |
| SHANGHAI | China's largest city, with a population of 26 million (8) |
| YOKOHAMA | With a population of 3.7 million, the second-largest city in Japan after Tokyo (8) |
| EMIRATES | Country with a population of around 10 million, but only 1.5 million of whom are citizens; among the wealthiest nations per capita (6,4,8) |
| DENPASAR | Capital of the Indonesian island of Bali, population of almost 900,000 (8) |
| BROOKLYN | New York borough with a 2020 estimated population of more than 2.5 million people (8) |
| KEYLARGO | Island off the southern coast of Florida with a population of around 10,000 (3,5) |
| SAOPAULO | Largest city in the southern hemisphere with a population of more than 22m (3,5) |
| ETHIOPIA | African country with a population of 132m, the world's 10th largest (8) |
| SIBERIAN | A husky population of white-fronted goose? (8) |
| PITCAIRN | The population of this island is descended from the mutineers of the British ship HMS Bounty. |
| GENEPOOL | The total genetic information within a population of animals or plants, usually within a single species (4, 4) |
| REAGANS | Couple to be honored with 2016 coins |
| YEAROFTHEMONKEY | It more or less coincides with 2016 on Chinese calendars |
| DRAKE | Canadian rapper with 2016 hit One Dance (5) |
| AMELLE | In the morning, fashion mag is with 2016 Celebrity MasterChef contestant and singer Ms Berrabah (6) |
| GIMLIMANITOBA | Canadian city with the highest population of Icelanders outside of Iceland |
| YEREVAN | Inhabited since the 8th century and known as the "Pink City", the capital of Armenia with a population of approximately one million (7) |
| VOLE | With a population of around 75 million, a field mouse-like animal which is one of Britain's most common mammals; or, in ecarte the winning of all the tricks in one deal (4) |
| UNITEDARAB | Country with a population of around 10 million, but only 1.5 million of whom are citizens; among the wealthiest nations per capita (6,4,8) |
