| GETAFE | Spanish city in the south of the Madrid metropolitan area whose football team reached the final of the Copa del Rey in 2007 and 2008 |
| EDSHEERAN | English singer-songwriter whose debut single The A Team reached number 3 in the UK chart in 2011 |
| HOCKEY | Sport where the Indian women's team reached a World Cup final. (6) |
| IGA | Which Polish tennis player, ranked World No. 2 in singles, reached the final of the mixed doubles event at the U.S. Open 2025? (3,7) |
| SWIATEK | Which Polish tennis player, ranked World No. 2 in singles, reached the final of the mixed doubles event at the U.S. Open 2025? (3,7) |
| ZERO | Number of times England have reached the final of the main Euro tournament (prior to 2020, at least) |
| AUSTIN | Bunny ---, English tennis player who reached the final of Wimbledon twice in the 1930s (6) |
| CORDOBA | Spanish city in the Andalucia region, location of the magnificent 8th century La Mezquita (7) |
| AVILA | Spanish city in hill country north-west of Madrid, at 1,123m it is the highest provincial capital in the country and is famous for its intact medieval city walls (5) |
| EIGG | One of the Small Isles in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, to the south of the Isle of Skye |
| OURENSE | Spanish city in Galicia whose hot springs hold one of the greatest amounts of geothermal water in Europe |
| HARRIET | British tennis player who reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon mixed doubles, _ Dart (7) |
| NAURU | Republic in the Pacific, 8 sq. miles in area, whose economy depends on the export of phosphate rock (5) |
| MALMO | Swedish city whose football team is the only Nordic club to have reached the European Cup final (5) |
| DIANNE | First name of Ms Buswell, the Strictly pro who reached the final in 2018 with her partner Joe Sugg (6) |
| EINDHOVEN | City in the south of the Netherlands (pop about 225,000), founded in 1232 (9) |
| CEBU | Oldest Spanish city in the Philippines |
| BARCELONA | Spanish city in the Catalonia region (9) |
| LASPALMAS | Spanish city in the Canary Islands |
| CUSCO | Fourth largest region of Peru by area whose capital was centre of the Inca Empire |
