| IRONBRIDGE | Small town on the River Severn in Shropshire that became part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 |
| HADLEE | RJ, New Zealand Test cricketer who scored an innings of 151 n.o. against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 198 |
| BORE | High wave caused by a tidal flow, especially on the River Severn in SW England (4) |
| SCONE | Derived either from the Dutch meaning "beautiful bread" or the name of the stone upon which Scottish kings were crowned, a cake that became part of a cream tea (5) |
| BAIGNEUSE | It is a bathing cap, which corresponds to the "dormeuse," or sleeping cap. Originally a cap with a purpose, intended for sleeping or for bathing, it became part of a citizen's everyday wear with varia |
| CAERNARFON | In Welsh-based spelling, a North Wales town whose walls and castle are part of a Unesco world heritage site |
| ESSEN | City in the Ruhr, home to the Zollverein coal mine, now part of a Unesco world heritage site |
| HAYES | Middlesex town that became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1965 and was the erstwhile home of EMI Records |
| CANADIAN | Multiple parks in the ___ Rockies, including Banff, Jasper, and Kootenay, fall under the umbrella of a UNESCO World Heritage site designation. (8) |
| KINABALU | Huge mountain in northern Borneo, part of a Unesco world heritage site |
| ASHBURTON | Town in the Canterbury region; also a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon (9) |
| SOCOTRA | Island near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden that became part of South Yemen in 1967 (7) |
| POMPEII | Part of a Unesco world heritage site near Naples |
| ROME | It grew from a small town on the Tiber River in central Italy into a vast empire. It is today Italy's capital. In Hamlet (act 2, scene 2), Hamlet says, "My lord, I have news to tell you. When Roscius |
| HAAST | River and small town on the west coast of the South Island named after a Prussian geologist (5) |
| WILLESDEN | Former municipal borough of Middlesex that became part of the borough of Brent in 1965 (9) |
| WORCESTER | Cathedral city on the River Severn; site in 1651 of the final battle of the English Civil War (9) |
| MURUPARA | Small town on the edge of the Urewera ranges that had its only ATM stolen last year! (8) |
| UVA | Campus home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in brief |
| STEPNEY | Former Metropolitan Borough that became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965 (7) |
