| PURER | For each group round the old city it is cleaner |
| SPARETYRE | Don't sack the old city - it can be used when there's a blowout (5,4) |
| ASSORT | Take the rest, in a group, round the house (6) |
| CLEAN | Tribal group round the East free of guilt (5) |
| ESSENTIAL | Important German city -- it is round a lake (9) |
| LAZURITE | Loll around old city - it produces a blue mineral |
| TRY | Check out old city - it lacks nothing? (3) |
| ILLICIT | Badly taking most of one city, it is forbidden (7) |
| UNITES | Links up with army groups round the East (6) |
| DURANCE | Have a ball round the old city, in confinement no longer? |
| NINEVEH | 9 to 5, he goes round the old city |
| MATURE | Get older friend round the old city |
| BABYLON | Taking day off, Bob Dylan goes round the old city (7) |
| PERFORM | Do a good job for each group of children |
| YETI | In the city it expires: in the country it's a yellowhammer (4) |
| GROYNE | Old king gets round the old with new barrier (6) |
| CHADOR | Cloak is cleaner - the same on the inside |
| DURHAM | In the city, it can be hard to go out of turn on the first of the month (6) |
| BOURGES | The Gothic cathedral of Saint-Etienne, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992, dominates this French city. It was constructed in 50 years, beginning at the end of the 12th century, |
| NANTES | Port city it western France on the banks of the Loire river, 50km inland from the Atlantic coast (6) |
