| SCHWERIN | German city with a schloss (castle) on a small island once home to the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg (8) |
| CAPRI | Italian resort island, once home to Gracie Fields (5) |
| FUNK | Nfld. island once home to Great Auk |
| MEMADAM | 1950 Broadway musical featuring the mythical Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg (2,5) |
| CALL | 1950 Broadway musical featuring the mythical Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg (4) |
| ALAMEDA | City in California located on a small island of the same name next to Oakland in San Francisco Bay |
| COSETTE | The ingenue character in Les Miserables - in her sleep she likes to go to a castle on a cloud |
| NASHVILLE | The city which is home to the Grand Ole Opry |
| WEDDINGMARCH | Wine made around centre of Grand Duchy with top grapes is a demonstration of what was noteworthy at the Marriage at Cana? (7,5) |
| CREMONA | City in the Po Valley of Italy, once home to the luthier families Amati, Guarneri and Stradivari (7) |
| SOMERSET | - House; building on the Strand designed by William Chambers, once home to the Royal Academy (8) |
| HOBART | A city on a small island under a larger one (6) |
| CYPRIOTS | A small picture - moving story about people on a small island (8) |
| ROSTOCK | City in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, on the Warnow River near the Baltic Sea coast (7) |
| ARIZONA | US state home to the Grand Canyon (7) |
| MANCHESTER | City in New Hampshire (pop about 110,000), once home to the largest cotton mill in the world (10) |
| KIEL | German city with a famous canal |
| BADENBADEN | German city with a famous spa |
| AACHEN | German city with a long name |
| FRANKFURT | Prosperous German city with a major European-destination airport |
