| CEDARRAPIDS | Second-largest city of the state of Iowa; birthplace of celebrities including Ashton Kutcher and Elijah Wood (5,6) |
| IA | Abbreviation for the state of Iowa (2) |
| SIOUXCITY | Iowa birthplace of Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren |
| DESMOINES | City in Iowa, birthplace of author Bill Bryson (3,6) |
| AMES | Iowa birthplace of Peter Schickele, who created P.D.Q. Bach |
| HEAD | Eight-times Academy Award-winning costume designer for celebrities including Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Hedy Lamarr and Elizabeth Taylor (4) |
| VIPERS | They represent a danger to celebrities, including the Queen (6) |
| ELEGIST | Fifth-rate celebrities, including (for instance) John Donne? (7) |
| BRNO | Second-largest city of the Czech Republic, in the SE at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers (4) |
| PERTH | Capital city of the state of Western Australia (5) |
| TOPEKA | Capital city of the state of Kansas (6) |
| HARRISBURG | Capital city of the state of Pennsylvania |
| PATNA | Capital city of the state of Bihar, northeast India |
| ELAAIUN | Capital of the former Spanish Sahara and largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara (2 |
| BRAZZAVILLE | The capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo (11) |
| JODHPUR | Second-largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, founded by the military Chieftain Rao Jodha in 1459 (7) |
| OMAHA | Largest city of the US state of Nebraska, known as the 'Gateway to the West' (5) |
| KINSHASA | The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (8) |
| BANGALORE | The capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka (9) |
| NATAL | The capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte (5) |
