| MOGADISHU | Foreign city states, lovely and posh (9) |
| SUMPTUOUS | Rich and posh MP turned out in southern states? (9) |
| PHOENICIA | Ancient country on the eastern Mediterranean composed of city states including Tyre and Sidon (9) |
| BEAUTIFUL | Lovely and delightful, a good day for U2? (9) |
| ASEXUALLY | Without mating ___ like former lover and posh supporter (9) |
| POPULISTS | With music and posh inclinations they court the common folk (9) |
| PHOSPHATE | Quiet and posh, developed loathing for salt (9) |
| LABORIOUS | Doubtful claiming to be large and posh, I left promises to pay debts (9) |
| AMBIGUOUS | Doubtful claiming to be large and posh, I left promises to pay debts (9) |
| GRAPESHOT | Great and posh may have been fired a long time ago (9) |
| TOPDRAWER | A foremost artist and posh (3,6) |
| HIGHSPOTS | Interesting sections of this grand and posh ground (4,5) |
| SAARBRUCKEN | German city bordering France; capital of the smallest of its thirteen states (omitting city-states) (11) |
| CORINTH | One of the richest and most powerful of the ancient Greek city-states |
| MYCALE | Battle of 479 BC, a turning point in the wars between Greek city-states and Persia (6) |
| DOGE | For centuries, the title held by the ruler of Venice and other Italian city states. (4) |
| AZTEC | The ____ empire was formed in 1428 as an alliance of the city states Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan |
| CATTY | City states drop sites ? it's spiteful! (5) |
| HOPLITE | A heavily-armed citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek city-states |
| AGORA | A central public space in ancient Greek city states (5) |
