| CONWY | Coastal town of N Wales on the mouth of the eponymous river (5) |
| USK | Welsh coastal town on the eponymous river (3) |
| MOLD | Town in Flintshire, N Wales, on the River Alyn |
| SENNA | 2011 film documentary on the career of the eponymous Brazilian racing driver (5) |
| ESSEX | The coastal town of Brightlingsea is in this historic English county (5) |
| BETTE | What is the name of the eponymous cousin in a novel by Balzac? (5) |
| LILLE | Major town of N France (5) |
| AGNES | Forename of the eponymous heroine and daughter of Mr and Mrs Grey in Anne Bronte's first novel (5) |
| PHRTMACQUARIE | Located on the mouth of the Hastings River, which former convict colony is now a tourist town in the middle of the northern coats of NSW? (4,9) |
| TROON | Coastal town of West Scotland (5) |
| AQABA | Coastal town of Jordan (5) |
| FLINT | Town in NE Wales on the Dee estuary housing a ruined castle (5) |
| BASIL | Mr Fawlty of the eponymous Towers (5) |
| CLWYD | A former county in North East Wales, on the Irish Sea (5) |
| NIGER | African nation or its eponymous river |
| RATAN | Tata, Chairman of the eponymous conglomerate |
| LEHAVRE | Which port on the mouth of the Seine River is the second busiest in France? (2,5) |
| RIGA | Port on the mouth of the Daugava river, member of the Hanseatic League from 1282 (4) |
| DIEPPE | French seaport on the English Channel that stands on the mouth of the river Arques (6) |
| LAWNS | The Greens, perhaps, making comeback in Caerwys, N Wales |