| STETIENNE | French city, capital of the Loire department (2,7) |
| ETIENNE | Saint-___, capital of the Loire department |
| NASHVILLE | Remains in northern French city, capital of country |
| NANCY | French city, capital of the Dukes of Lorraine in the 12c (5) |
| NANTES | Capital of the Loire-Atlantique department of W France, situated at the head of the Loire estuary (6) |
| ALBI | French city, capital of the Tarn department (4) |
| DIJON | French city, capital of the former duchy of Burgundy (5) |
| JEFFERSON | _ City, capital of the US state of Missouri (9) |
| WIESBADEN | German city, capital of the state of Hesse (9) |
| SANTANDER | Spanish city, capital of the historic region of Cantabria |
| TOULOUSE | French city, capital of the southern Occitanie region and near the border with Spain (8) |
| STRASBOURG | French city, capital of the Alsace region (10) |
| MONTERREY | Fast-growing Mexican city, capital of the Nuevo Leon state (9) |
| LANGUEDOC | Group of medieval French dialects spoken south of the Loire also called occitan (6,3) |
| STNAZAIRE | Port near the mouth of the Loire (2,7) |
| SAINTETIENNE | City in France that is the capital of the Loire departement |
| WHITEWINE | Famous product of the Loire Valley |
| CHARTRES | French city, capital of Eure-et-Loir department (8) |
| AMIENS | French city, capital of Somme department (6) |
| AVIGNON | French city, capital of papacy 1309-1377 (7) |
