| SIENA | Location of the Palio horse race (5) |
| FIATS | The Punto, the Panda and the Palio |
| ASTI | Town in Piedmont noted for its sparkling wine and white truffles, home to the oldest bareback Palio horse race in Italy (4) |
| HAGUE | The _, seat of government of the Netherlands; location of the International Court of Justice (5) |
| ISLAY | The Queen of the Hebrides; the location of the Kilchoman distillery (5) |
| TIBET | The highest region on Earth, location of the north side of Mount Everest, or Qomolangma (the third goddess) as it is known locally (5) |
| MARCH | A city in central Scotland on the River Tay, location of the assassination of James I of Scotland in 1437 (5) |
| HILLS | Eden __, location of the university where the residents of Erinsborough can study (5) |
| CRETE | Where a bit of secret exploration reveals the location of the Minoans (5) |
| PLACE | The location of the fish one had left (5) |
| TIWAI | Location of the country's only aluminium smelter (5,5) |
| POINT | Location of the country's only aluminium smelter (5,5) |
| DUBAI | Location of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building (5) |
| WIGAN | Location of the western half of Michigan (5) |
| PARIS | Location of the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" |
| COWES | Isle of Wight seaport town which is the location of the UK's Royal Yacht Squadron |
| ESSEN | German location of the "most beautiful coal mine in the world" |
| SEOUL | Location of the 1988 Summer Olympics (5) |
| WRIST | Location of the eight small carpal bones (5) |
| ONTOP | Location of the fringe of Surrey (2,3) |
