| ELCHE | Town in Valencia, Spain, noted for its annual medieval religious drama |
| GRANADA | City in Andalusia, southern Spain, noted for its medieval Alhambra ('the red one') palace (7) |
| RONDA | Ancient Moorish town in Andalucia, Spain noted for its bullring (5) |
| BIRDS | Ancient Moorish town in Andalucia, Spain noted for its bullring (5) |
| SANTANDER | Port and resort in N. Spain noted for its prehistoric collection from nearby caves (9) |
| ALHAMBRA | Citadel and palace in Granada, Spain, noted for its rich ornamentation (8) |
| RIOJA | A wine region in northern Spain, noted for its reds (5) |
| MIRACLEPLAY | Imply a clear rewrite of medieval religious drama (7,4) |
| MYSTERYPLAY | Medieval religious drama |
| JUANMA | 2015-17 Hearts forward born in Valencia, Spain (6) |
| GAY | ___ Games (quadrennial event that will take place in Valencia, Spain this year) |
| SPALDING | Market town in Lincolnshire noted for its annual Flower Festival |
| NEWPORT | Coastal city In Rhode Island noted for Its annual jazz festival begun In 1954 (7) |
| OLNEY | Market town in Buckinghamshire noted for its annual pancake race (5) |
| BRECON | Welsh town noted for its annual jazz festival begun in 1984 (6) |
| BRIDGWATER | Town in Somerset noted for its annual Guy Fawkes Carnival (10) |
| LEMANS | City in the Loire Valley noted for its annual 24-hour endurance race for sports cars (2,4) |
| NOTTINGHAM | Midlands city noted for its annual goose fair that originally began in 1284 (10) |
| ABBOTS | Staffordshire village noted for its annual Horn Dance in September (6,7) |
| BROMLEY | Staffordshire village noted for its annual Horn Dance in September (6,7) |
