| ADELAIDE | The City of |
| HIPPO | Augustine of -; one of the Latin Fathers of the Church; a Christian thinker whose major works include Confessions and The City of God (5) |
| FORTWORTH | 'The City of Cowboys and Culture', in northern Texas at the confluence of the Clear and West forks of the Trinity River (4,5) |
| GOG | The effigy of which mythical giant has marked the entrance of the City of London's Guildhalls, with |
| HILLS | Rome is known as the Eternal City and also the City of the seven of these geographical features |
| KURTWEILL | German composer who wrote the music for Bertolt Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and The Threepenny Opera |
| VESUVIUS | The eruption of this volcano in 79 CE buried the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and lapilli and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow. (8) |
| UDAIPUR | City in the Indian state of Rajasthan, also known as the City of Lakes (7) |
| ZION | In Christianity, heaven regarded as the city of God and final abode of the elect in the Hereafter Life |
| ASTI | Neighbouring the tartufo bianco (white truffle) region Alba and noted for sparkling wine, the "city of 100 towers" in the heart of Piedmont (4) |
| PIMLICO | Area neighbouring Belgravia in the City of Westminster, site of a number of blue plaques including those of Winston Churchill and Joseph Conrad (7) |
| MONEYBELT | Holds the travellers' cash in the square mile of the City of London presumably (5,4) |
| ANDOVER | Hampshire town on the River Anton, west of Basingstoke and northwest of the city of Winchester (7) |
| ALLIER | North-flowing river of central France that joins the Loire west of the city of Nevers (6) |
| WALTONLEDALE | Large village in Lancashire on the south bank of the River Ribble, opposite the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber Bridge |
| PLAINSOFABRAHAM | Plateau in E Canada between the city of Quebec and the St Lawrence River; scene of an important British victory (1759) in the Seven Years' War (6,2,7) |
| EINDHOVEN | Fifth-largest city in the Netherlands, known as the City of Light; in North Brabant province on the Dommel River (9) |
| OHIO | The city of Akron, the one-time 'Rubber Capital of the World', is in this U.S. state (4) |
| ROBINSONCRUSOE | "I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family ..." |
| IMP | What kind of mythological creature is symbolic of the city of Lincoln? (3) |