| ETIENNE | Saint-___, capital of the Loire department |
| STETIENNE | French city, capital of the Loire department (2,7) |
| HELIER | Saint ___, capital of Jersey, the largest Channel Island (6) |
| NANTES | Capital of the Loire-Atlantique department of W France, situated at the head of the Loire estuary (6) |
| DENIS | St. __ (capital of Reunion) |
| ROOTCELLAR | Storage of potatoes, carrots, turnips... The Newfoundland town of Elliston, known as 'The ___ ___ Capital of the World' |
| SAINTETIENNE | City in France that is the capital of the Loire departement |
| ICEBERG | Newfoundland: Twillingate = 'The ___ Capital of the World' |
| HONEYMOON | Niagara Falls, 'The ___ Capital of the World' |
| SCALLOP | Digby, Nova Scotia aka the '_ Capital of the World' |
| LOBSTER | New Brunswick... Shediac aka 'The ___ Capital of the World' |
| AMALIE | Charlotte _; capital of the Virgin Islands (6) |
| PALMAS | Las ___ (capital of the Canary Islands) |
| DHABI | Abu ___ (capital of the United Arab Emirates) |
| SALVADOR | San ___, capital of the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America (8) |
| MACON | Capital of the Saone-et-loire department of central France (5) |
| TOURS | Capital of France's Indre-et-Loire department (5) |
| CLUNY | Town in the Saone-et-Loire department of eastern France that gives its name to a bobbin lace used in clothing etc. (5) |
| LYONNAIS | Former province of east central France now divided into the Rhone and Loire departments (8) |
| SAONE | France's ___-et-Loire department |
