| FORTALEZA | Port city of NE Brazil, capital of the state of Cear (9) |
| JOAOPESSOA | Port city on the Atlantic coast of NE Brazil; capital of the state of Paraiba (4,6) |
| TRIESTE | Port city of NE Italy, capital of the Friuli- Venezia Giulia region (7) |
| ALICANTE | Port city of NE Spain dominated by Mount Benacantil, in Valencia (8) |
| RIOGRANDEDO | And 21 State on the Atlantic coast of NE Brazil; capital, Natal (3,6,2,5) |
| NORTE | State on the Atlantic coast of NE Brazil; capital, Natal (3,6,2,5) |
| PIAUI | State on the Atlantic coast of NE Brazil; capital, Teresina (5) |
| CEARA | State on the Atlantic coast of NE Brazil; capital, Fortaleza (5) |
| BELEM | Port city at the mouth of the Amazon in northern Brazil, capital of the state of Para estado (5) |
| VITORIA | Port city of eastern Brazil, capital of the state of Espirito Santo (7) |
| RECIFE | Easternmost city of Brazil; capital of the state of Pernambuco (6) |
| NEWCASTLE | --- upon Tyne, city in Tyne and Wear; most populous city of northeast England (9) |
| SARAGOSSA | City of NE Spain |
| SAOPAULO | Most populous city of Brazil; capital of a southern state of the same name (3,5) |
| TERESINA | Capital city and chief port of the state of Piaui in NE Brazil, on the Parnaiba River (8) |
| BELOHORIZONTO | City in Brazil, capital of Minas Gerais state (4,9) |
| ALAGOAS | State in NE Brazil; capital Maceio (7) |
| RANCHI | Industrial city of NE India, capital of the state of Jharkhand (6) |
| MARANHAO | State of NE Brazil bordered by Piaui, Tocantins and Piaui capital, Sao Luis (8) |
| CAMPOGRANDE | City in S.W. Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state (5,6) |
