| ETIENNE | Saint-___ (capital city in the RhA'ne-Alpes region of France) |
| ISERE | Department in the Rhone-Alpes region of France, capital Grenoble (5) |
| LYON | RhA'ne-Alpes city |
| DROME | Department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of SE France; capital, Valence (5) |
| ARDECHE | Department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of SE France; capital, Privas (7) |
| VICHY | City in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of central France (5) |
| LOIRE | Department of E central France in the Rhene-Alpes region; capital, Saint Etienne (5) |
| SAVOIE | French department in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, capital Chambery (6) |
| LAPAZ | Highest capital city in the world, in the Andes at an altitude of approximately 3,660 m (12,000 ft) (2,3) |
| HELIER | Saint ___, capital of Jersey, the largest Channel Island (6) |
| ARLES | City in the Bouches-du-RhA'ne department of France |
| THEALBERTHALL | With a similar name to London's iconic venue, this was the main place for entertainment in Australia's capital city in the 1940s and 50s (3,6,4) |
| SEOUL | Capital city in the Far East (pop about 10 million), which hosted the Olympic Games in 1988 (5) |
| QUITO | Second-highest capital city in the world after La Paz, and the closest to the equator (5) |
| AIN | River to the Rhane |
| AVIGNON | Somewhere on the RhA'ne, American wanting six starters of grits and nachos receiving disagreeable response (7) |
| NICOSIA | Capital city in the centre of Cyprus |
| TITOGRAD | Former name of a capital city in the Balkans (1946-62) (8) |
| TEHERAN | Capital city in the Middle East (pop 8.7 million), founded in 1786 (7) |
| AMMAN | Capital city in the middle East (pop 1.5 million), founded In 7250 BC (5) |
