| ROTTERDAM | Large city in The Netherlands (pop 650,000), a major seaport (9) |
| KANDAHAR | Large city in Afghanistan (pop 650,000), founded in 330 BC (8) |
| RIGA | European capital city (pop about 650,000), a member of the Hanseatic League from 1282 (4) |
| GRONINGEN | A provincial capital in the Netherlands (pop about 230,000), with two large universities (9) |
| HARLEM | Provincial capital in the Netherlands (pop about 160,000), granted city status in 1245 (6) |
| RANDSTAD | Large conurbation in the Netherlands (pop about 8.4 million) (8) |
| ISTANBUL | Large city in the Middle East (pop about 16 million), founded in the 7th century BC (8) |
| ABU | ___ Dhabi (large city in the Middle East) |
| SPLIT | Narrow promontory around large city in the Balkans (5) |
| EINDHOVEN | City in the south of the Netherlands (pop about 225,000), founded in 1232 (9) |
| AMSTERDAM | European capital city (pop about 850,000), a major seaport founded in the early 14th century (9) |
| STUTTGART | State capital in southern Germany (pop about 650,000), founded in the 10th century (9) |
| ARCHANGEL | Major seaport in north- west Russia (pop about 350,000) (9) |
| CHARLOTTE | Large city in North Carolina (pop about 900,000), incorporated in 1768 (9) |
| NUREMBERG | Large city in southern Germnay (pop about 520,000), founded in 1050 (9) |
| ANCHORAGE | Large city in southern Alaska (pop about 300,000), founded in 1914 (9) |
| BANGALORE | Large city in southern India (pop over 8 million), founded in 1537 (9) |
| LABORIOUS | Heavy smell found in large city in Australia (9) |
| LIVERPOOL | Large city in north-west England (pop about 500,000) (9) |
| BARCELONA | Large city in north-east Spain (pop about 1.6 million) (9) |
