| CASABLANCA | North African city on the site of ancient Anfa (10) |
| SOUSSE | North African city on the site of Hadrumetum, an ancient Phoenician colony (6) |
| ORAN | African city on the Mediterranean |
| LUXOR | Egyptian city on the site of the ancient city of Thebes (5) |
| ECBATANA | Ancient city on the site of which stands the modern city of Hamadan, Iran (8) |
| BUDAPEST | George Ezra's first UK chart hit, or the city on the site of the Roman town of Aquincum (8) |
| THEBES | Ancient Egyptian city on the site of modern-day Luxor (6) |
| TAMPA | Florida city on the site of de Soto's 1539 landing |
| OPPOSITION | Resistance to a little work on the site (10) |
| ALEXANDRIA | North African city (10) |
| TUNIS | It was a Roman city on the north coast of Africa, near the site of ancient Carthage. It was occupied by the Germans in 1942 and liberated by Allied troops in 1943. In The Tempest (act 2, scene 1), Seb |
| TEHRAN | Capital of Iran, on the site of the ancient city of Rhages (6) |
| LYON | A Roman military colony called Lugdunum was founded on the site of this French city in 43 BCE, and it subsequently became the capital of the Gauls. This place reached its peak of classical development |
| BULAWAYO | City in Zimbabwe founded on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king |
| MADRID | In this Spanish city the Royal Palace now stands on the site of the Alcazar that was destroyed by fi |
| STDAVIDS | Village-sized cathedral city in Pembrokeshire that was built on the site of a monastery founded by the patron saint of Wales (2,6) |
| YALTA | Resort on the Black Sea (pop 75,000), located on the site of an ancient Greek colony (5) |
| AREQUIPA | City in S Peru, at an altitude of 2250m, founded in 1540 on the site of an Inca city |
| GAUL | Village in Egypt on the Nile that occupies part of the site of ancient Thebes (6) |
| KARNAK | Village in Egypt on the Nile that occupies part of the site of ancient Thebes (6) |
