| DJIBOUTI | Port city and capital of the republic of the same name that lies on the southern shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura, an inlet of the Gulf of Aden (8) |
| ROMAN | The name for the ancient empire that spanned the Mediterranean Sea; it was established in 27 BCE after the fall of the republic of the same name. (5) |
| OULU | Large Finnish city on the north-eastern shore of the Gulf of Bothnia (4) |
| CORSAIR | A pirate, especially one operating along the southern shore of the Mediterranean (7) |
| SANMARINO | Set high on the western slopes of Mount Titano, capital city of the country of the same name that is surrounded by Italy (3,6) |
| REYKJAVIK | Capital and largest city of Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxafloi Bay (9) |
| PRAIA | Capital of Cape Verde, a port on the southern shore of Sao Tiago Island (5) |
| OHIO | 'Buckeye State' of the Midwestern US, on the southern shore of Lake Erie (4) |
| CABINDA | Northern exclave of Angola, bordered by the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Atlantic Ocean. (7) |
| CLEVELAND | City in Ohio, US on the southern shore of Lake Erie (9) |
| GARY | City in Indiana, US, founded in 1906 on the southern shore of Lake Michigan |
| GREEN | The third colour on the flags of Bolivia and the Republic of the Congo along with red and yellow |
| AMALFI | Town in Salerno on a coastline of the same name that also includes Positano and Ravello (6) |
| CONKERS | Nut-like fruits or seeds of the horse chestnut used in a traditional playground game of the same name that formerly used snail shells (7) |
| ROSYTH | Naval base and dockyard that lies on the north bank of the Firth of Forth (6) |
| IVIES | In plural, what is any South African plant from the genus of the same name that has showy flowers an |
| STRIKE | Cormoran -; character in a book series of the same name that begins with The Cuckoo's Calling (6) |
| BRAZZAVILLE | The capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo (11) |
| SWANSEA | Second largest city in Wales that lies on the estuary of the River Tawe (7) |
| NAPLES | City that lies on the coast to the west of Vesuvius |
