| SANSEBASTIAN | Spanish port on the Bay of Biscay, where a film festival has been held since 1953 |
| BALI | Indonesian locale where an international film festival has been held since 2007 |
| BILBAO | Spanish port on the Bay of Biscay, famous since medieval times for the production of iron and steel goods |
| TREORCHY | Welsh village that hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1928, the only time it has been held in the Rho |
| COP | The world will gather in Glasgow from now until November to discuss how countries can reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. A shorter word for a police officer; it has been held 26 times. |
| ROOM | 2015 drama film in which Brie Larson played a woman who has been held captive for seven years |
| OAKS | 16. The ...., British Classic horse race for fillies that has been held at Epsom since 1779(4) |
| AGAKHAN | Title of the spiritual leader of the Nizari sect of Ismaili Muslims, held since 1957 by Shah Karim al-Husayni (3,4) |
| LORIENT | French port on the Bay of Biscay whose football team are nicknamed les Merlus (7) |
| ASIA | Where the World Cup has been held only once |
| MARBLES | Game whose British and World Championship has been held at Tinsley Green, West Sussex, every year since 1932 |
| CANNES | City on the French Rivera that hosts a film festival awarding the Palme d'Or (6) |
| VENICE | Location of a film festival that will premiere "Poor Things" and "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" |
| LAROCHELLE | French sea port on the Bay of Biscay (2,8) |
| ROCHELLE | La ___, French port on the Bay of Biscay (8) |
| CADIZ | Spanish port on the Atlantic coast (5) |
| TARRAGONA | Spanish port on the Mediterranean Sea |
| CARTAGENA | Spanish port on the Mediterranean (9) |
| ALICANTE | Spanish port on the Mediterranean coast (8) |
| MASTEROFTHEMINT | Chief custodian of UK coinage held since 1870 as an honorary post by the Chancellor (6,2,3,4) |
