| ORURO | Former mining city in Bolivia with an annual carnival, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2 |
| TOKAJ | Historical wine region in northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia declared a World Heritage Site in 2002 |
| KEW | Royal Botanic Gardens in England awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO in 2003 |
| NOTTINGHILL | 1999 film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant - West London district with an annual carnival (7,4) |
| FLIN | Historic mining city in Manitoba, with 'Flon' |
| CHARLEROI | Coal-mining city in Hainaut, SW Belgium (9) |
| MALECON | Esplanade in Havana, six miles in length, site of an annual carnival (7) |
| LEHAVRE | City in northern France which is home to The Hanging Gardens, a World Heritage site in an old military fort (2,5) |
| RIODEJANEIRO | Which city's annual carnival is described as "the biggest party in the world"? (3,2,7) |
| MAYFAIR | Which district of central London was once the venue for an annual carnival? (7) |
| CUZCO | Present-day city, once an ancient South American capital, made a World Heritage Site in 1983 (5) |
| POTALAPALACE | Iconic dzong fortress in the city of Lhasa which is a World Heritage Site since 1994: 2 wds. |
| BATH | City in south-west England (pop 100,0000, made a World Heritage Site in 1987) (4) |
| NEWLANARK | A unique mill village by the Clyde, founded in 1785, now a World Heritage Site (3, 6) |
| NOEXCUSE | Lack of a defence for former partner consumed by UNESCO collection (2,6) |
| RIO | City with a big annual carnival |
| SANTACRUZ | A province of Argentina; a city in Bolivia (5,4) |
| TONYPANDY | Former mining town in the Rhondda where Churchill sent troops to reinforce police facing rioting miners in 1910 |
| BARNSLEY | Former mining town in South Yorkshire noted for its chop, a cut from the lamb's loin (8) |
| NOME | Any one of the race of tiny people in Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad Trilogy; an Alaskan gold-mining city; or, each of the 42 territorial divisions in ancient Egypt (4) |
