| BAKU | Lowest-lying national capital in the world, and the largest city on the Caspian Sea (4) |
| ULAN | Mongolia's largest city, known as the coldest national capital in the world, ... Bator |
| MALTA | Country with the smallest national capital in the European Union (about 9,000 people) |
| RIGA | Capital of Latvia and the largest city of the Baltic States (4) |
| IRAN | Country of 78m people with coastline on the Caspian Sea and Indian Ocean (4) |
| SEAS | Eurythmics "Travel the world and the seven ___" |
| BARI | The largest city on Italy's eastern coast. (4) |
| CUBA | A republic and the largest island in the Caribbean (4) |
| TANA | Lake ___, source of the Blue Nile and the largest lake in Ethiopia |
| MEDE | Ancient dweller on the Caspian Sea |
| LAKE | Source of the White Nile and the largest in Africa, ... Victoria |
| SKIN | Outer covering and the largest organ of the body |
| ASEA | Far out on the Caspian |
| ATHENS | One of the world's oldest cities and the largest city in Greece (6) |
| WELLS | H. G. -; author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds and the non-fiction A Short History of the World (5) |
| CAIRO | The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa (5) |
| HOUSTON | The fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest in Texas |
| MIROS | 'The Birth of the World' and 'The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers,' e.g. |
| INDIA | Seventh-largest country in the world, and the second most populous after China (5) |
| CONGO | Deepest river in the world, and the only major river to cross the equator twice (5) |
