| GOTTINGEN | German town with a university founded by George II in 1734 (9) |
| MESMERISM | Hypnotic induction named after a German physician in 1734 (9) |
| REMAGEN | German town with a critical Rhine bridge captured by US forces in the closing days of the Second World War |
| SPADE | A shovel spearheads the commercial by George II |
| ESSENE | Ascetic Jew coming from German town with energy (6) |
| BOLOGNESE | Citizens of a city in northern Italy (pop 400,0000), with a university founded in 1088 (9) |
| SALAMANCA | Spanish city (pop 145,000), with a university, founded in 1218 (9) |
| NOTREDAME | Indiana university, founded by a priest in 1842 (5,4) |
| TARRAGONA | Port city in north-east Spain (pop 200,000), with a university established in 1991 (9) |
| LANCASTER | City in north-west England (pop 52,000), with a university established in 1964 (9) |
| FRAGONARD | French painter, JeanHonore, 1734-1806; perfume brand (9) |
| UPSALA | Archaic spelling of a city in Sweden (pop 170,000), with a university founded in 1477 (6) |
| PERUGIA | Regional capital in Italy (pop 170,000), with a university founded in 1308 (7) |
| CAEN | City in north-west France (pop about 105,000), with a university founded in 1432 (4) |
| MODENA | City in northern Italy (pop about 185,000), with a university founded in 1175 (6) |
| SIENA | Cathedral city in central Italy (pop 55,000), with a university founded in 1472 (5) |
| HONESTMAN | "An ___'s the noblest work of God" - Alexander Pope, 1734 (6,3) |
| KENT | County in southern England (1,361 sq miles; pop 1.6 million), with a university founded in 1965 (4) |
| LEIDEN | Dutch city (pop about 125,000), with a university founded in 1575 (6) |
| BASLE | Swiss city (pop about 180,000), with a university founded in 1460 (5) |
