| MAASTRICHT | Dutch provincial capital, the location of the Bonnefanten fine arts museum |
| MCCORD | History/arts Museum in Montreal |
| FRISIAN | Dutch provincial, not available, is returning after one day (7) |
| ISLAY | The Queen of the Hebrides; the location of the Kilchoman distillery (5) |
| JAVA | An island of Indonesia south of Borneo and the location of the country's capital (4) |
| COLERAINE | Town on the River Bann which is the location of the University of Ulster (9) |
| PALATINE | One of Rome's seven hills, known in legend as the location of the cave where the she-wolf suckled Romulus and Remus (8) |
| PORTISHEAD | Coastal town in North Somerset on the Severn Estuary that is the location of the headquarters of Avon and Somerset Constabulary |
| CHEPSTOW | Town in Monmouthshire on the River Wye, the location of the racecourse that hosts the Welsh Grand National (8) |
| CARDIGAN | One of the two garments forming a twinset; or, a market town in Ceredigion whose castle was the location of the first eisteddfod (8) |
| TURKESTAN | Asian region, the location of the Underground Mosque and the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (9) |
| LYCEUM | A gymnasium in Athens that was the location of the peripatetic school of Aristotle |
| CRETE | Where a bit of secret exploration reveals the location of the Minoans (5) |
| SAHARAN | Like the location of the Pyramids of Giza |
| BETHLEHEM | West Bank city revered as the location of the Nativity of Jesus (9) |
| MOSQUITO | Approaching South American capital, the majority of the majority fly (8) |
| AERODROME | Adore showing off European capital - the home of the high flyers (9) |
| HANOI | 8/9 - in the case of this Asian capital, the Red (5) |
| KINGSTON | 8/9 - in the case of this Caribbean capital, the Hope (8) |
| EVESHAM | This town in Worcestershire was the location of the last major battle in the Barons' War (1265) |
