| YOKOHAMA | Japan's second most populous city, containing the building Landmark Tower (8) |
| GOODERHAM | ___ Building (Toronto's triangular 1892 flatiron building landmark) |
| OCTAGON | ___ Building, landmark on New York's Roosevelt Island |
| PLYMOUTH | Devon city containing the Mayflower Steps from where the Pilgrim Fathers sailed in 1620 (8) |
| TIBERIAS | A bet Iris made in Israeli city containing pilgrimage site, the Tomb of Maimonides (8) |
| COMERICA | Bank with a landmark tower in Dallas |
| RESTHOME | Ancient city containing book and place for ancients? (4-4) |
| OMDURMAN | Second most populous city of Sudan, on the west bank of the Nile opposite Khartoum (8) |
| LIMASSOL | Second-most populous city of Cyprus, in the south on Akrotiri Bay (8) |
| BENGHAZI | The second most populous city in Libya (8) |
| HOKKAIDO | Japan's second-largest island (8) |
| BLANTYRE | Second most populous city of Malawi, named after the Scottish birthplace of explorer David Livingstone (8) |
| SHANGHAI | China's largest and world's second most populous city (8) |
| KINSHASA | Smaller than Lagos, bigger than Cairo, Africa's second most populous city (8) |
| ABUDHABI | Second most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (3,5) |
| CAPETOWN | Second-most populous city in South Africa (4,4) |
| DUSSELDORF | City containing the Rheinturm telecom tower (10) |
| NANTES | French city containing the castle of the dukes of Brittany (6) |
| BAGHDAD | Iraqi city containing the 'Green Zone', a supposedly safe area used by the former Coalition Provisio |
| NICE | French resort city containing the Promenade des Anglais |
