| OBEID | El - is a city in the central Sudan (5) |
| KILOMETER | Some distance on the el is like Metro travelling |
| OPENER | Work Frenchman elevated is first in a series (6) |
| EARL | One who's been elevated is mostly ahead of time |
| LIFTED | To have elevated, is to have done what |
| ELOBEID | City in the central Sudan that was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 (2,5) |
| KYOTO | Tokyo, strangely, is a city in Japan (5) |
| PARIS | 2017 Chainsmokers hit whose title is a city in France |
| MANTUA | This is a city in the region of Lombardy. Roman colonization began about 220 BCE, and the poet Virgil was born at nearby Andes in 70 BCE. In Romeo and Juliet (act 3, scene 5), Juliet says, "It is some |
| OMDURMAN | City in the central Sudan, scene of an 1898 battle (8) |
| DELFT | A city in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands known for the production of a tin-glazed earthenware (5) |
| SIGIL | A seal; a signature; a city in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game (5) |
| TULSA | A city in the US state of Oklahoma, on the Arkansas River (5) |
| GOUDA | Try to get central Sudan to produce cheese (5) |
| BREDA | A city in the southern Netherlands, the residence of Charles II during his exile (5) |
| HAIFA | 50% of 50% providing a city in the Middle East (5) |
| MIAMI | Two motorways crossing a city in the USA (5) |
| INVERNESS | This cultivar of Geranium sanguineum is a city in the Scottish Highlands (9) |
| DUBAI | A city in the United Arab Emirates |
| MODENA | It is a city in Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy that lies between the Secchia and Panaro rivers. In Antony and Cleopatra (act 1, scene 4), Octavius Caesar says, "Antony, / Leave thy lascivious |
