| OLDENBURG | River port in Lower Saxony, once the residence of the Counts of Ammerland |
| DAHOMEY | A country once the residence of one's family within 24 hours (7) |
| BLOODBANKS | Sounds like repositories of the count's requirements for relatives from places of interest? (5,5) |
| BREMERHAVEN | Port in Lower Saxony from where the first regular shipping service between continental Europe and the US started in 1847 (11) |
| EMDEN | North Sea port in Lower Saxony on the river Ems (5) |
| HUESCA | City in Spain at the foot of the Pyrenees which was the residence of the kings of Aragon until 1118 (6) |
| LEIDEN | City in the Netherlands that was the residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620 |
| GOLDILOCKS | In the fairy tale, this young woman broke into and vandalised the residence of the three bears |
| DUMAS | Alexandre - pere; French author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers whose son wrote The Lady of the Camellias (5) |
| ELGRECO | Painter of The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, completed in 1588 |
| NUMBERTEN | Miles putting on beret nun knitted in the residence of the PM (6,3) |
| SALZGITTER | Industrial city in Lower Saxony in the foothills of the Harz Mountains (10) |
| HOMEOPATH | Circle a little way behind the residence of the healer (9) |
| AVIGNON | French town that was the residence of the papacy between 1309 and 1376 (7) |
| LODGE | The -, residence of the serving Australian Prime Minister (5) |
| OSNABRUCK | German city in Lower Saxony, on the Hase River between the Teutoberg Forest and the Wiehen Mountains (9) |
| HAMELIN | Town in lower Saxony where the story of the Pied Piper is played out by actors every Sunday in summer (7) |
| SMARTASKARLROVE | "Libby was indicted on two counts of obstruction of justice, three counts of perjury, and one count |
| DUMASPERE | How the author of The Count of Monte Cristo (1802-70) is also known |
| KOLN | A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River. |
