| SARAGOSSA | English name for a city on the River Ebro in north-east Spain (9) |
| ZARAGOZA | City on River Ebro in north-east Spain (8) |
| RIOJA | Wine produced close to the River Ebro in northern Spain |
| TARRAGONA | Port city in north-east Spain (pop 200,000), with a university established in 1991 (9) |
| BARCELONA | Regional capital in north-east Spain (pop 1.6 million), founded by the Romans in the first century BC (9) |
| ARAGONESE | Citizen of a region in north-east Spain (pop about 2 million) (9) |
| INVERNESS | A city on the northeast coast of Scotland; the administrative centre of the Highland council area (9) |
| CATALONIA | An autonomous community in north-east Spain (12,397 sq miles; pop abut 8 million) (9) |
| ASTRAKHAN | Dark curly fleece of karakul lambs, named after a city on the River Volga (9) |
| KOLN | German name for a city on the river Rhine (4) |
| HOTIN | Rumanian name for a city on the Dnestr |
| INKIN | A pen perhaps for a city on the Nile (5) |
| CHITTAGONG | Note: I appreciate that award for a city on the Bay of Bengal (10) |
| ROUEN | With a cathedral depicted in a series of paintings by Monet, a city on the Seine serving as the capi |
| PISA | It is a city on the Arno 50 miles (80 km) west of Florence. It became a Roman colony soon after 180 BCE. Its university was founded circa 1343. Its piazza includes a certain leaning tower. In The Tami |
| LEONESE | Relating to a city in north-east Spain (pop about 125,000) (7) |
| ORLEANS | A city on the Loire river in north central France. |
| LARIOJA | Spanish region in the wine-producing valley of the River Ebro (2,5) |
| TREVES | Former English name of a city on the Moselle, associated with Emperor Augustus, claimed to be Germany's oldest city (6) |
| FLORENCE | A city on the River Arno in Tuscany, Italy (8) |
