| HILVERSUM | The "media city" of the Netherlands |
| AMSTERDAM | The capital and most populous city of the Netherlands (9) |
| ROTTERDAM | The second-largest city of the Netherlands (9) |
| EINDHOVEN | Fifth-largest city of the Netherlands, in North Brabant province on the Dommel River (9) |
| UTRECHT | City of the Netherlands |
| HAGUE | The _, seat of government of the Netherlands; location of the International Court of Justice (5) |
| THEHAGUE | Seat of government of the Netherlands; location of the International Court of Justice (3,5) |
| ARUBA | One of the countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| DIARY | Anne Frank's journal of her life in hiding during Nazi occupation of The Netherlands, The ... Of A Y |
| TULIP | With the worlds largest permanent display at the Keukenhof and used to symbolise perfect or deep love, the national flower of the Netherlands (5) |
| ORANGE | The royal family of the Netherlands is the House of - (6) |
| CADENCE | Beat the bounder upsetting the EEC meeting around the capital of the Netherlands (7) |
| SABA | The 'Unspoiled Queen' of the Caribbean, forming an island territory of the Netherlands (4) |
| HOOK | The -- of Holland, a cape on the south-west coast of the Netherlands (4) |
| MAASTRICHT | Capital of the Limburg province of the Netherlands |
| DYKE | The low-lying land of the Netherlands is protected from flooding by this type of embankment |
| DUTCHCAP | A woman's lace bonnet with triangular flaps on either side, characteristic of the national dress of the Netherlands (5,3) |
| BONAIRE | Self-governing island territory of the Netherlands 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Venezuela; chief town, Kralendijk (7) |
| ANNEFRANK | Jewish girl who kept a diary about the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War (4,5) |
| GRONINGEN | Northernmost mainland province of the Netherlands, bordering the German state of Lower Saxony (9) |
