| WELLSETUP | Strongly built cathedral city, European, placed to face west |
| WELLSET | Strongly built cathedral captured on film (4,3) |
| RELAPSE | Trained tree to face west without a single setback |
| FEARLESSGIRL | Kristen Visbal's bronze statue near the New York Stock Exchange, originally placed to face down the nearby Charging Bull |
| ANTIOCH | It faces west in an old church, the cradle of Christianity |
| VENICE | City, European, very pleasant to go around? (6) |
| CATALONIA | Look to invade Sicilian city, European territory (9) |
| ESSENE | From German city, European ascetic type |
| BRUGES | City, European, swathed in black carpets |
| AARHUS | Denmark's second largest city, European Capital of Culture in 2017, along with Paphos in Cyprus |
| URBANE | Sophisticated city, European (6) |
| ONSIDE | Favourably placed to play ball over to left or right (6) |
| TASMANIA | Island placed to the west has overly excited state |
| SETBACK | Placed to the rear as a halt to progress (7) |
| LAUNCHPAD | Where one's placed to start meal, having secured a place to live? |
| ROBUST | Strongly-built vehicle to decay on the outside |
| ITALIANSPINONE | European perhaps with pension surprisingly getting a strongly-built gun dog (7,7) |
| BARKER | An ancestor of the wolf; one said canine cur that bays, bowwows, howls, yaps, yelps or woofs; a tout who loudly cries out at a carnival, fair or show to attract custom; or, a shelftalker, placed to dr |
| POLE | 56 Ale-___ (stake placed to indicate fresh-brewed beer in old England) |
| SETTEE | Furniture placed to support (6) |
