| CHEMNITZ | German city in Saxony, at the foot of the Erzgebirge (8) |
| LEIPZIG | City in Saxony at which Napoleon Bonaparte suffered a decisive defeat in 1813 (7) |
| ELBE | River through the Erzgebirge |
| MANNHEIM | German city in Baden-Wurttemberg at the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Neckar |
| ZWICKAU | City in Saxony, Germany, at the foot of the Ore Mountains (7) |
| HALLE | The largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, birthplace of the composer Georg Friedrich Handel |
| DRESDEN | Needs to be treated by doctor in a city in Saxony (7) |
| OSNABRUCK | German city in Lower Saxony, on the Hase River between the Teutoberg Forest and the Wiehen Mountains (9) |
| HALBERSTADT | Cathedral city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (11) |
| MEISSEN | City in Saxony, famous for its porcelain (7) |
| TRIER | German city in the Moselle wine region noted as the birthplace of Karl Marx (5) |
| DESSAU | Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde Rivers (6) |
| STADT | City, in Saxony |
| NUREMBERG | German city in Bavaria that was the venue for the trials of Nazi leaders for their war crimes, 1945-46 |
| ESSEN | German city in the Ruhr region is less engaging, in part (5) |
| NESSIE | I live underwater. I may be seen in German city in 12 |
| POTSDAM | German city in which large amounts of money will go to mother (7) |
| GELSENKIRCHEN | German city in North Rhine-Westphalia that is home to the football club Schalke 04 |
| ULM | Albert Einstein was born in this German city in 1879 |
| FLENSBERG | Following contact, say, backing food in German city in Schleswig-Holstein (9) |