| TIWAI | Location of the country's only aluminium smelter (5,5) |
| POINT | Location of the country's only aluminium smelter (5,5) |
| MAPUTOBAY | Inlet of the Indian Ocean on the southern coast of Mozambique, location of the country's largest port (6,3) |
| JAVA | An island of Indonesia south of Borneo and the location of the country's capital (4) |
| HUNTLY | Location of the country's largest thermal power station (6) |
| COMICALALI | Nickname given to Iraq's Minister for Information at the time of the country's invasion in 2003. (7,3) |
| LIBREVILLE | West African capital city, home to one third of the country's population (10) |
| PREVEZA | Greek city linked to Epirus by the country's only undersea tunnel |
| IRAN | Kimia Alizadeh defected from ___, the country's only female medalist |
| COIMBRA | The capital of Portugal from 1190 to 1260 and the seat of the country's oldest university |
| TUNISIA | According to Greek legend, Dido founded the city of Carthage in this country in the 9th century BCE. That city is now a suburb of the country's capital. |
| BALLARAT | Australian city in the state of Victoria that was at the heart of the country's 1850s Gold Rush (8) |
| NIKKEI | Stock market index of Japan composed of the country's top 225 blue- chip companies traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (6) |
| LEIDEN | City in the Netherlands, site of the country's oldest university (6) |
| AMIENS | City of N France, site of the country's largest cathedral |
| TEMPE | Home of one of the country's largest state universities |
| OTAGO | Region of New Zealand, site of the country's first university |
| BUCURESTI | The Romanian spelling of the country's capital city |
| SPAIN | In 1972, skier Francisco Ochoa won this country's only Winter Olympic gold medal (5) |
| BERMEJO | River of N Argentina that forms part of the country's border with Bolivia (7) |
