| DUBLIN | European capital founded as a Viking settlement in the 10th century (6) |
| ROME | European capital founded in legend by the twins Romulus and Remus (4) |
| HELSINKI | European capital founded by King Gustav 1 in 1550 (8) |
| NORSEMAN | In hindsight, names Ron as a Viking (8) |
| RANDYMOSS | Wide receiver who's #2 on the NFL's all-time list with 156 receiving touchdowns (92 as a Viking): 2 wds. |
| HELENA | Capital founded as a gold rush camp |
| HOBART | State capital founded as a penal colony |
| BERLIN | European capital city (pop 3.6 million, dating from the 10th century (6) |
| PUEBLO | A native North American settlement in the southwest of the U.S. (6) |
| TOLTEC | A member of a Central American Indian people who ruled much of Mexico in the 10th-12th centuries (6) |
| RHESUS | In Greek mythology, a king of Thrace who arrived in the tenth year of the Trojan War to aid Troy (6) |
| PETONE | Wellington suburb, site of first European settlement in the area (6) |
| ZABRZE | City in Silesia, Poland; one of the oldest mining settlements in the country (6) |
| DAIMIO | Land-owning military noble of Japan from the 10th century to 1871 appointed by the shogun; 'great name' (6) |
| OTTAWA | Capital founded as Bytown |
| ERIKTHERED | Norse explorer who founded a settlement in Greenland in the 10th Century, and whose son Leif reached North America (4,3,3) |
| STUTTGART | State capital in southern Germany (pop about 650,000), founded in the 10th century (9) |
| TULA | Capital of the Toltec civilization of central Mexico that rose to power in the 10th century |
| NORMANDY | Former province of northern France, settled by the Vikings in the 10th century (8) |
| ALTHING | Icelandic parliament founded in the 10th century |
