| DUNFERMLINE | Which town was awarded city status in 2022? (11) |
| BRIGHTONANDHOVE | Unitary authority in East Sussex awarded city status in 2000 |
| COLCHESTER | Place in Essex that was given city status in 2022 (10) |
| DONCASTER | Town on River Don given city status in 2022 (9) |
| STRATHALLAN | Which prep school was awarded the PSQM in 2022? (11) |
| WESTMINSTER | Inner London borough with city status (pop about 250,000) (11) |
| SPLITSECOND | Croatian town was runner-up in the twinkling of an eye (5,6) |
| FORTWILLIAM | Highland town was in conflict, we hear, with prince? (4,7) |
| KINGCHARLES | Who conferred city status on Dunfermline (4,7) |
| BERGAMO | Cathedral city in Lombardy (pop 120,000), granted city status in 49 BC (7) |
| TUPELO | In which town was Elvis Presley born? (6) |
| POPULATION | What was counted as five point five one million in Scotland in 2022? (10) |
| LISBURN | Small city in Northern Irelnd (pop about 70,000), granted city status in 2002(7) |
| ROCHESTER | This British town, a city since 1227, lost its former city status in 1998 through administrative error (9) |
| PRESTON | City in north-west England (pop 114,000). It obtained city status in 2002. (7) |
| BALLARAT | In which town was the TV series The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013-2017) set? (8) |
| STIRLING | Former royal burgh in Scotland granted city status in 2002 |
| PERTH | Scottish town given city status in the late Queen's 2012 Diamond Jubilee (5) |
| KATEBUSH | Which singer-songwriter had a UK No 1 hit in 1978, then her next No 1 in 2022? (4,4) |
| DEWALD | Which South African cricketer, nicknamed 'Baby AB' for his resemblance to AB de Villiers, scored a record-breaking 162 in a T20 match in 2022?(First Name) (6) |
