| ABERDARE | Town in south Wales (pop about 30,000), once a major coal-mining centre (8) |
| LLANELLI | Market town in south Wales (pop about 25,000 (8) |
| LAMPETER | University town in west Wales (pop about 3,000) (8) |
| HEERLEN | Industrial city in Limburg, Netherlands; a major coal mining centre from the late nineteenth century |
| ABERDEEN | City in South Dakota (pop about 30,000), founded in 1881 (8) |
| EBBWVALE | Former coal mining centre in South Wales (4,4) |
| KERKRADE | City in the Netherlands on the German border which is one of the oldest coal-mining centres in Europe (8) |
| SWANSEA | Seaport city in south Wales (pop about 250,000) (7) |
| EUSTON | Small town in southern New South Wales (pop about 1,0000) on the Murray River (6) |
| APPACHIA | Coal-mining center |
| RHONDDA | Which South Wales region used to be a major coal-mining area? (7) |
| LUDERITZ | Port and diamond-mining centre in Namibia (8) |
| DALMELLINGTON | Small town in Ayrshire (pop about 1,500), once a coal-mining centre (13) |
| ALLOA | Town in central Scotlnd (pop 20,000), once a coal-mining centre (5) |
| INVERNESS | Small community in Nova Scotia (pop about 1,500), once a coal-mining centre (9) |
| NELSON | Small town in Lancashire (pop about 30,000), a former mill town (6) |
| SPARTA | Small town in southern Greece (pop about 17,000), once a major military power (6) |
| NAIRN | Seaside resort in the Highlands (pop about 10,000), once a major fishing port (5) |
| BANGOR | Small university city in north Wales (pop about 16,000) (6) |
| ERICE | Historic town in Sicily, (pop about 30,000 founded by the Phoenicians (5) |
