| SOLINGEN | German city called the 'city of blades' because of its cutlery and surgical instruments industry |
| AVILA | Spanish city called the City of Saints and Stones |
| SHEFFIELD | City in northern England famous for its cutlery industry (9) |
| TRIER | German city called Augusta Treverorum by the Romans |
| AACHEN | Western German city called Aix-la-Chapelle in French |
| PARIS | It's been called the "City of Light" and the "City of Love" |
| ADELAIDE | This Australian state capital is called the city of churches (and is now also on the map as hometown of Australian Idol, Guy Sebastian) |
| GRANITE | Aberdeen in Scotland is called the city of this type of igneous rock |
| LIMAPERU | Capital originally called the City of the Kings |
| COURTYARD | Enclosed ground attached to a house. Palma, Mallorca, which has been called "the city of patios", has many impressive examples tucked away in its old town streets (9) |
| BOISE | Idaho's state capital, also called the City of Trees (5) |
| OPERATION | It's the era of the potion and surgical performance (9) |
| FORKBALL | Sports term whose middle four letters anagram to "bark" (Theme answer: The first part of this answer is a piece of cutlery, and the second part follows the pattern B _ L L.) |
| SPOONBILL | Flying animal whose first five letters anagram to "snoop" (Theme answer: The first part of this answer is a piece of cutlery, and the second part follows the pattern B _ L L.) |
| LASVEGAS | Nevada city called the Entertainment Capital of the World (3,5) |
| EDGES | Lines along which the vertices of polygons meet; brinks of cliffs or precipices; sharpened sides of blades; or, borders of anything (5) |
| ODESSA | City called "The Pearl of the Black Sea" |
| MANILA | City called "the Pearl of the Orient" |
| ENSENADA | Coastal Mexican city called "The Cinderella of the Pacific" |
| ELKHART | Indiana city called the "Band Instrument Capital of the World" |
