| MORELIA | State capital of Michoacan in W central Mexico, formerly (until 1828) called Valladolid (7) |
| DURANGO | City and mining centre in N.W. central Mexico (7) |
| AVOCADO | The Mexican state of Michoacan produces 5.5+ billion pounds of this annually |
| CHENNAI | Capital of the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India, formerly (until 1996) called Madras (7) |
| PONTINE | The ... Marshes are an area of reclaimed land in W. central Italy (7) |
| JAKARTA | Capital city of Indonesia, in NW Java; formerly (until 1949) called Batavia (7) |
| CONCORD | State capital of New Hampshire, formerly (until 1765) called Rumford (7) |
| HIDALGO | Small state of east central Mexico immediately north of Mexico City; capital, Pachuca de Soto (7) |
| LIMOGES | Capital of the Haute-Vienne department of W central France, on the Vienne River (7) |
| AIRDRIE | A town in W central Scotland (7) |
| FITZROY | Shipping forecast area west of the Bay of Biscay formerly (until 2002) called Finisterre (7) |
| KASHMIR | Region of S.W. central Asia after which a type of fine soft wool is named (7) |
| TELAVIV | City in W central Israel (3,4) |
| LESOTHO | Country of southern Africa formerly (until 1966) called Basutoland (7) |
| VANUATU | Island republic of the western Pacific formerly (until 1980) known as the New Hebrides (7) |
| NAYARIT | Which state in west-central Mexico, on the Pacific coast, includes the Tres Marias Islands? (7) |
| RUTLAND | English county formerly, until, oddly, getting into foreign currency (7) |
| RONALDO | Former Brazilian footballer who is president of La Liga club Real Valladolid |
| NAHUATL | Uto-Aztecan language spoken by various Indian peoples of central Mexico |
| TUSCANY | W. Central region (It) |
