| THULE | In Greek mythology, the land believed to be the Earth's most northerly region (5) |
| ARCTIC | ___ Circle (northerly region of Earth) |
| TURKU | Port city known in Swedish as Abo, believed to be the oldest city in Finland (where it was the capital until 1812) (5) |
| KORAN | The Islamic sacred book believed to be the word of God and dictated to Muhammad written in Arabic |
| NIGHT | Name given to the evening of April 30th, believed to be the night of a witches' sabbath in German fo |
| CRETE | Which Greek island is believed to be the birthplace of Zeus? (5) |
| OSRIC | Of Hwicce, Anglo-Saxon king believed to be the founder of the monastic houses that became Bath and Gloucester Cathedrals (5) |
| YEMEN | Southern Arabian nation believed to be the home of the Queen of Sheba |
| BRORA | Small town in the Highlands (pop 1,200), the site of what used to be the most northerly coalmine in the UK (5) |
| DENIS | Martyr, later canonised, believed to be the first bishop of Paris |
| MANSA | ___ Musa, fourteenth-century African leader believed to be the richest man who ever lived |
| CHINA | Inhabited by some 1.4 billion humans, Earth's most populous country (5) |
| ARGON | Earth's most abundant noble gas |
| CORFU | Most northerly of the Ionian Islands, called Kerkyra in Greek (5) |
| MALIN | Which head is the most northerly point in Ireland? (5) |
| LUZON | Island which is the largest and most northerly of the Philippines (5) |
| TUNIS | What is the most northerly capital in Africa? (5) |
| CEUTA | Autonomous Spanish city at the most northerly point of Morocco (5) |
| TWEED | River in name of most northerly English station [opened 1848] (5) |
| QUASAR | Blue celestial object currently believed to be the most luminous in the universe (6) |
