| AUCKLAND | Largest city, chief port and former capital (1840-65) (8) |
| DILI | Capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East Timor (4) |
| ISTANBUL | A port and former capital of Turkey (8) |
| SALVADOR | Brazilian port and former capital of the Portuguese colony |
| DOUALA | Chief port and former capital of Cameroon (6) |
| LAGOS | Chief port and former capital of Nigeria (5) |
| RIODEJANEIRO | Chief port and former capital of Brazil (3,2,7) |
| DARESSALAAM | Chief port and former capital of Tanzania (3,2,6) |
| ESSALAAM | Chief seaport and former capital of Tanzania, Dar ... (2,6) |
| PAGOPAGO | Chief port and capital of American Samoa |
| TURKU | Port and former capital of Finland (5) |
| ANDYREID | Kansas City Chiefs coach who's fourth in all-time wins, the most of any active coach: 2 wds. |
| ABIDJAN | Largest city and former capital of Cote d'Ivoire (7) |
| YANGON | Largest city and former capital of Myanmar also known as Rangoon (6) |
| CASABLANCA | Chief port and largest city of Morocco |
| ALEXANDRIA | Chief port and second largest city of Egypt |
| HAIFA | Chief port and third-largest city of Israel, in the NW on the slopes of Mount Carmel (5) |
| POINTENOIRE | Chief port and second-largest city of the Republic of the Congo, named from peninsular black rock observed by Portuguese navigators (6,5) |
| AGRA | Indian city and former capital of the Mogul empire (4) |
| AYR | Scottish port and former royal burgh (3) |
