| KARNAK | Village in Egypt; site of the northern part of the ruins of ancient Thebes (6) |
| CAIRO | The capital of Egypt, site of the Giza pyramid complex (5) |
| GAUL | Village in Egypt on the Nile that occupies part of the site of ancient Thebes (6) |
| LUXOR | Ruins of ancient Thebes |
| LEMNOS | Greek Island (185 sq miles; about 17,000), In the northern part of the Aegean Sea (6) |
| CANADA | One of the countries occupying the northern part of North America |
| ATHOLL | Large historical division in the Scottish Highlands that now forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross |
| EXETER | City, cite of the ruins of Rougemont Castle (6) |
| THRACE | Vehicle reversing in the northern part of Greece (6) |
| ARNHEM | --- Land is the northern part of Northern Territory, Australia (6) |
| ULSTER | Rebel rules over Troy from northern part of the island (6) |
| IGNORE | Take no notice of the ruin of a region |
| BUTE | The northern part of the Isle of ____ is surrounded by the southern part of the Cowal peninsula |
| GREATSALT | Largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, it lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah (5,4) |
| ELALAMEIN | Coastal town in Egypt, site of two major World War Two battles in 1942 (2,7) |
| AMENRA | God of ancient Thebes |
| CHECHNYA | Republic in the northern part of the Caucasus in SW Russia bordered by Dagestan, Georgia and Ingushetiya (8) |
| YUCATAN | A state of south-eastern Mexico, occupying the northern part of the _ peninsula (7) |
| ABUSIMBEL | A former village in South Egypt, site of two temples of Rameses II (3,6) |
| DRACO | Constellation in the northern part of the sky (5) |