| GOTHENBURG | Swedish city founded by King Gustav II Adolf in 1621 (10) |
| HELSINKI | European capital founded by King Gustav 1 in 1550 (8) |
| UNBALLOINMASCHERA | Verdi opera based on the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden |
| OSLO | City founded by King Harald III |
| ALEXANDRIA | Egyptian city founded by a great Macedonian king (10) |
| ESKILSTUNA | Roughly insulate around the centre of Stockholm - a Swedish city (10) |
| TOMTHUMB | Who features in the first fairy tale printed in English, in 1621? (3,5) |
| APR | Month in 1621 in which the Mayflower departed to return to England: Abbr. |
| ANATOMY | The ___ of Melancholy, book by Robert Burton published in 1621 (7) |
| JOHNDONNE | Poet who became the dean of St Paul's Cathedral in 1621 (4,5) |
| WAMPANOAG | Native People at the Pilgraims' first harvest celebration in 1621, which inspired Thanksgiving |
| LEHAVRE | French seaport in Normandy founded by King Francis I in 1517 (2,5) |
| CETINJE | The capital of Montenegro until 1918, founded by King Ivan the Black in 1484 |
| ROYALACADEMYOFARTS | Institution founded by King George III on 10 December 1768 |
| RIJKSMUSEUM | National art gallery of the Netherlands, founded by King Louis Bonaparte in 1808 (11) |
| PICKERING | Ancient market town in North Yorkshire, founded by King Peredurus according to legend |
| ANTANANARIVO | Capital and largest city of Madagascar, founded by King Andrianjaka c. 1625 (12) |
| MERIT | Order of ____ , prestigious British honour founded by King Edward VII in 1902 (5) |
| CROATIA | Country founded by King Tomislav in A.D. 924 |
| COMPANION | ____ Of Honour, recipient of an award founded by King George V in 1917 (9) |
