| COIMBRA | Portuguese city with a historic university founded in 1290 |
| OXFORD | Historic university town northwest of London (6) |
| FAROFF | Portuguese city with sources of fine food in the distance (3,3) |
| PORTOFCALL | Portuguese city with fine name is ship's stop (4,2,4) |
| SARATOGASPRINGS | New York city with a historic race course |
| ALEPPO | Syrian city with a historic citadel |
| FEZ | Moroccan city with a historic medina |
| ALAMO | City in the Rio Grande Valley with a historic namesake |
| UPSALA | Archaic spelling of a city in Sweden (pop 170,000), with a university founded in 1477 (6) |
| BOLOGNESE | Citizens of a city in northern Italy (pop 400,0000), with a university founded in 1088 (9) |
| CORDOBA | In which city in central Argentina was a university founded in 1613? (7) |
| THING | A slight obsession with a historic assembly (5) |
| IONA | Small island in the Inner Hebrides, with a historic abbey (4) |
| STOURHEAD | National Trust property in Wiltshire with a historic landscape garden |
| ABYSSINIA | 'Black Hole' in India associated with a historic place name |
| SOUTHPORT | Seaside town in Merseyside with a historic pleasure pier |
| CAEN | City in north-west France (pop about 105,000), with a university founded in 1432 (4) |
| LOBOS | City in Buenos Aires province (pop 100,000), with a private university founded in 1960 (5) |
| MODENA | City in northern Italy (pop about 185,000), with a university founded in 1175 (6) |
| SIENA | Cathedral city in central Italy (pop 55,000), with a university founded in 1472 (5) |