| BERGAMO | Walled city in Lombardy, Italy, to the north-east of Milan |
| CREMONA | City in Lombardy, Italy on the River Po, noted for the manufacture of fine violins (7) |
| MANTUA | City in Lombardy, Italy. northeast of Parma surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes (6) |
| BRESCIA | City in Lombardy, Italy west of Lake Garda (7) |
| MONZA | City north-east of Milan that hosts the FI Italian GP (5) |
| UDINE | City in the north-east of Italy between the Adriatic and the Alps (5) |
| TIVOLI | Town in Lazio, Italy, to the east of Rome containing the remains of Hadrian's villa |
| PIACENZA | City in Emilia-Romagna, Italy on the River Po south-east of Milan (8) |
| YORK | City to the north-east of Leeds (4) |
| NEWJERSEY | Atlantic City and its famous boardwalk are found on the coast of this state in the north-east of the |
| ARTA | Town in the north-east of Mallorca known for the Sanctuary of Sant Salvador and the remains of a Bronze Age settlement (4) |
| LAKE | Large Y-shaped body of water of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy (4,4) |
| COMO | Large Y-shaped body of water of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy (4,4) |
| LAKECOMO | A body of water of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy (4,4) |
| LNER | Railway company which operated from London to the north east of Britain from 1923 to 1948 (abbr) (4) |
| NICENE | Creed formulated to the north-east of Riviera resort first |
| ZIMBABWE | Which African country to the north-east of Botswana was formerly called Rhodesia? (8) |
| CROMARTY | Small Scottish port to the north-east of Inverness (8) |
| NAIRN | Town to the north-east of Inverness (5) |
| ARWEN | Name given to the storm that battered the north-east of the UK in November 2021 (5) |
