| VIENTIANE | Major centre of Laos situated in the Mekong Valley |
| LAOS | Asian country which has its economic centre in the Mekong valley (4) |
| ENSCHEDE | City in the Netherlands which is a major centre of the Dutch cotton industry (8) |
| BORDEAUX | French port on the River Garonne that is a major centre of the wine trade |
| MILAN | City in northern Italy (pop about 1.4 million), a major centre of the fashion industry (5) |
| STETIENNE | The capital of France’s Loire department, a former major centre of coal-mining |
| DJEMBE | Situated in the Gulf of Gabes off the coast of Tunisia, the largest island of North Africa, where some of the Star Wars scenes were filmed in Ajim (6) |
| HYDERABAD | Indian city on the river Musi in the heart of the Telangana plateau: a major centre for the technology industry (9) |
| NORWICH | East Anglian city that was a major centre of commerce before the Norman Conquest |
| NORTHAMPTON | County town, formerly a major centre of shoe-making |
| COSTABLANCA | Benidorm is a major centre of this tourist area |
| LENOX | ___ Avenue (major center of the Harlem Renaissance) |
| RIYADH | Capital of Saudi Arabia, situated in the centre of the Arabian Peninsula (6) |
| LIKUD | The major centre-right political party in Israel, founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin |
| WAIKATO | Region of New Zealand's North Island whose major centre is the city of Hamilton |
| PUERTORICO | An unincorporated territory of the US situated in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean (6,4) |
| URALLA | Situated in the New England region of NSW, just south of what town is Thunderbolt's Rock, claimed to be a lookout and hiding place of the bushranger? (6) |
| ALTAI | Russian subject state situated in the very centre of Asia, the ... Republic |
| RIBBLE | - Valley; district in Lancashire with parts situated in the Forest of Bowland (6) |
| COULISSE | A flat piece of scenery situated in the wings of the theatre (8) |
