| CETINJE | The capital of Montenegro until 1918, founded by King Ivan the Black in 1484 |
| VAASA | Provisional capital of Finland during the Finnish Civil War ( 1918), founded by the Swedish king Charles IX in 1606 ( 5) |
| TITOGRAD | Former name of Podgorica (Montenegro) until 1992 (8) |
| PODGORICA | Capital of Montenegro (9) |
| GARTER | The Most Noble Order of the _ _ _ _ _ _ , order of knighthood founded by King Edward III in 1348 (6) |
| CLERGY | "The black," in Stendhal's "The Red and the Black" |
| BOBOTOVKUK | Highest peak in the Durmitor mountain range of Montenegro (7,3) |
| EIGHTBALL | The black in the table game of snooker (5,4) |
| ENSIGN | Banner in the middle of Montenegro provides evidence (6) |
| RIJKSMUSEUM | National art gallery of the Netherlands, founded by King Louis Bonaparte in 1808 (11) |
| COMPANION | ____ Of Honour, recipient of an award founded by King George V in 1917 (9) |
| SLOVAKIA | Landlocked country of central Europe ruled by Hungary from the 11th century until 1918 (8) |
| MANOEUVRE | Leaders of Montenegro and Norway alongside EU over working plan (9) |
| ABAZOVIC | Prime minister of Montenegro who succeeded Zdravko Krivokapic on 28 April 2022 (6,8) |
| DRITAN | Prime minister of Montenegro who succeeded Zdravko Krivokapic on 28 April 2022 (6,8) |
| 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) |
| LEHAVRE | French seaport in Normandy founded by King Francis I in 1517 (2,5) |
| HELSINKI | European capital founded by King Gustav 1 in 1550 (8) |
| TRANSYLVANIA | Region of central and northwest Romania that belonged to Hungary from the 11th century until 1918 |
