| ISFAHAN | One-time capital of Persia |
| BRNO | One-time capital of Moravia |
| SITKA | One-time capital of Alaska |
| BONN | One-time capital of West Germany (4) |
| DILI | One-time capital of East Timor (4) |
| FRANC | One-time capital of Belgium (5) |
| CUZCO | One-time capital of the Inca empire (5) |
| RENNES | One-time capital of Brittany (6) |
| ALLTHEBEST | Good luck from everything initially taught about a one-time capital of Egypt (3,3,4) |
| MIAMI | Time's "Capital of Latin America" |
| TUSCALOOSA | Alabama's one-time capital |
| SANTAFE | Vault over one time capital city (5,2) |
| GOTAWAY | Escaped from one-time capital in Germany after vacation |
| TREBLING | Time capital of Germany twice rebuilt, more than Dublin, roughly speaking? (8) |
| THEBES | City and, for a long time, capital of ancient Egypt (6) |
| EON | Time capital had been put off gas light (3) |
| VASHTI | Queen of Persia, first wife of Ahasuerus, in the Book of Esther, part of the Hebrew bible (6) |
| NEHEMIAH | A book of the Old Testament recounting the acts of a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes, King of Persia (8) |
| SANDS | Jake Gyllenhaal fantasy film, Prince of Persia: The _ of Time (5) |
| MELCHIOR | One of the Three Wise Men, also called the King of Persia (8) |
