| ANNECY | French city from which it went after a queen (6) |
| VICHY | French city from which a soup gets its name |
| CALICO | Cotton fabric named after the Indian city from which it originally came |
| NIMES | French city from which denim gets its name (5) |
| PIPIT | Songbird, it went after seed (5) |
| NANKEEN | Yellowy-buff-coloured cloth that was used for Victorian men's trousers and breeches whose name derives from the Chinese city from which it came (7) |
| BERLINER | German doughnut known as Pfannkuchen in the city from which it takes its usual name |
| VENICE | Half move to a French city from an Italian one (6) |
| CORNET | Brass instrument whose name, from the Latin for "horn", refers to the substance from which it was originally made; or, a funnel-shaped thing, such as a cream horn or a gelato wafer (6) |
| BONNET | Be it blue, for Easter, heraldically velvety, tied under the chin, Tudor or worn by a girl, lady, laird or maid, it's a beret, cap, hat or tam, named for the cloth from which it was first made (6) |
| ESTHER | Book of the Bible named after a queen of Persia (6) |
| ACUMEN | The guys went after a copper with ingenuity (6) |
| ROLLED | Went after a lucky seven |
| POMADE | A scented balm for hairdressing whose name is based on "apple", from which it was originally made (6) |
| STYMIE | Situation from which it is almost impossible to proceed (6) |
| JERSEY | Breed of cattle, and the Channel Island from which it originated (6) |
| LISBON | City from which Vasco da Gama sailed |
| LISBOA | City from which Vasco da Gama sailed, to locals |
| ATTAINED | Ned went after a 'Abstainer A-one' which was successfully achieved (8) |
| LILLE | French city from 50s featured in story |
