| EVREUX | Industrial town in Eure, France severely damaged in World War II |
| CHARTRES | Market town in Eure-et-Loir, France, housing a Gothic cathedral (8) |
| HAMM | Industrial town on the River Lippe in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that was severely damaged in World War II (4) |
| ARRAS | Town in N France known for its tapestries that was severely damaged in both World Wars (5) |
| COLOGNE | River Rhine city in Germany, its twin-spired cathedral was extensively bomb-damaged in World War II |
| LENS | Industrial town in the Pas de Calais department badly damaged in both World Wars |
| OVIEDO | City that was severely damaged in the Spanish Civil War |
| GESTE | Exploit in Eure-et-Loir |
| SCALA | La ..., Milan opera house severely damaged during World War II (5) |
| LASCALA | Milan opera house severely damaged during World War II (2,5) |
| JARROW | Industrial town in Tyne and Wear where a famous march started in 1936 (6) |
| GARY | Industrial town in Indiana (pop about 70,000), founded in 1906 (4) |
| SPENNYMOOR | Industrial town in County Durham NE of Bishop Auckland (10) |
| CHESTERFIELD | Industrial town in Derbyshire whose 14th-century church has a twisted spire (12) |
| ABERDARE | An industrial town in South Wales (8) |
| LUTON | Industrial town in Bedfordshire, England, which has an airport (5) |
| AIRDRIE | Industrial town in Lanarkshire (pop 37,000), once a handloom weaving centre (7) |
| BLACKBURN | Large industrial town in Lancashire housing Ewood Park football stadium (9) |
| RUNCORN | UK industrial town in North Cheshire, on the Manchester Ship Canal (7) |
| WREXHAM | Industrial town in North Wales formerly noted for coalmining (7) |