| TAURANGA | NZ's fifth largest city (8) |
| ADELAIDE | Fifth largest city in Australia, named after the consort of King William IV (8) |
| SYRACUSE | The fifth largest city in New York State |
| EINDHOVEN | Fifth-largest city in the Netherlands, known as the City of Light; in North Brabant province on the Dommel River (9) |
| NICE | Largest resort on the French Riviera. France's fifth-largest City (4) |
| FRANKFURT | The fifth-largest city in Germany |
| ERBIL | Fifth-largest city of Iraq |
| INGOLSTADT | Bavaria's fifth-largest city (10) |
| DANANG | The fifth largest city in Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea, at the opening end of the Han River |
| FORTWORTH | Fifth-largest city in the state of Texas (4,5) |
| ERIE | The fifth largest city in the US state of Pennsylvania (4) |
| FRESNO | Fifth largest city in California, whose name means 'ash tree' in Spanish (6) |
| BRASILIA | Capital of the world's fifth-largest country (8) |
| TRINIDAD | Fifth-largest island of the West Indies, off the NE coast of Venezuela (8) |
| HERCULES | Fifth-largest of the constellations, in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis (8) |
| AKUREYRI | Iceland's fifth-largest municipality, nicknamed the "Capital of North Iceland" |
| STOCKTON | Site of NZ's largest coal mine (8) |
| FONTERRA | One of NZ'S largest companies (8) |
| AUCKLAND | NZ's City of Sails and, fittingly, the 2003 host city for the America's Cup |
| ARAMOANA | Scene of NZ's worst mass killing (8) |
