| DELPHI | This town was the site of the oracle of Apollo. |
| VICHY | This town was the seat of the collaborationist French government during the Second World War (5) |
| PROVINS | In the 13th century, this town was one of the most important towns in France, with a population of 80,000 inhabitants. It was a prosperous wool centre, and its fairs were famous all over Europe. It wa |
| DELPHIAN | The oracle of Apollo, e.g. |
| DODGECITY | Which town was the setting for Gunsmoke, the long-running radio series (1952-61)? (5,4) |
| BALLARAT | In which town was the TV series The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013-2017) set? (8) |
| ELEA | In which ancient Greek town was the philosopher Zeno born? (4) |
| SLOUGH | In which English town was The Office set? (6) |
| ROCHDALE | In which Greater Manchester town was the Co-operative movement born? (8) |
| PYTHIA | Priestess of the Temple of Apollo, also known as the Oracle of Delphi (6) |
| YEA | The shared name of which town and river in north-eastern Victoria honours a colonel killed in the Crimean War in the same year the town was founded? (3) |
| DELOS | Site of an oracle of Apollo |
| APOLLO | Greek god of music and patron of the Oracle at Delphi (6) |
| OMEO | Razed in the 1939 Black Friday bushfires, which historic Gippsland gold town was also in the path of the 2003 bushfires? (4) |
| OMAHA | Warren Buffet is the Oracle of this place |
| PYTHIAN | Prophecy extremely slight, receiving answer of the oracle |
| DELPHIC | Role model 'phi' counted as part of the oracle (7) |
| CLUNES | Which town was transformed into the fictional Wirrawee for the ABC TV mini-series of John Marsden's |
| SPLITSECOND | Croatian town was runner-up in the twinkling of an eye (5,6) |
| LYDIA | Ancient region on the coast of Asia Minor whose chief town was Sardis (5) |
