| BONN | German city, once a capital |
| ESSEN | German city, once a centre for coal and steel, winner of the 2017 European Green Capital Award |
| LAHORE | Pakistani city that was once a capital of the Mughal Empire |
| DELHI | Once a capital food shop, we hear |
| DRESDEN | German city, once the capital of the Kingdom of , Saxony (7) |
| BERLIN | German city, once divided |
| URANUS | God's city, once a star's retreat (6) |
| MACAU | Resort city (once a colony of Portugal) in China |
| BUTTE | Northwest city once a mining camp |
| BABYLON | City once a small part of London? |
| MUNCHENGLADBACH | Artist, English youth and composer meeting in German city once |
| SWANSEA | City (once a town) where Dylan Thomas was born in 1914 (7) |
| NORWICH | English city, once a centre of the canary-breeding trade |
| RANGOON | ...(a city once governed by a fool) (7) |
| CUZCO | Present-day city, once an ancient South American capital, made a World Heritage Site in 1983 (5) |
| DJAKARTA | Capital city once called Batavia |
| BOGOTACOLOMBIA | Capital city once known as Santa Fe |
| GENOA | City once ruled by a doge |
| OSLO | Capital city once called Christiania |
| HELENA | Capital city once called "Last Chance Gulch" |
