| LICHFIELD | With a three-spired cathedral, the birth city of Samuel Johnson (9) |
| MADRID | What is the birth city of actor Penelope Cruz? (6) |
| COLOGNE | River Rhine city in Germany, its twin-spired cathedral was extensively bomb-damaged in World War II |
| CONIC | Spired; pyramidal (5) |
| THORNHILL | Artist who painted the interior of the cupola of St Paul's Cathedral, the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital and Blenheim Palace's Great Hall ceiling (9) |
| EDINBURGH | Birth city of Sir Walter Scott, site of the Scottish National Gallery (9) |
| SCOUNDREL | 'Patriotism is the last refuge of a ___' (Samuel Johnson, 1775) (9) |
| NOLLEKENS | Sculptor who built his reputation on his portrait busts of famous sitters including George III, Laurence Sterne, Samuel Johnson and William Pitt (9) |
| BOSWELL | James, Scottish author of The Life of Samuel Johnson (7) |
| CORDOBA | Andalusian city with a cathedral (the Mezquita) that was formerly a mosque (7) |
| JAMES | And 4dn Scottish author of Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (5,7) |
| ELIOT | T. S. -; poet and dramatist who wrote the verse plays Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion and The Cocktail Party (5) |
| AMIENS | Which French city contains a famous thirteenth-century Gothic cathedral, the largest in France? (6) |
| RUBENS | Painter of Antwerp Cathedral's The Descent from the Cross |
| VIENNA | Austrian capital, birth city of Franz Schubert, home of Mozart, Beethoven and the Strauss family, site of the palace and gardens of Schonbrunn (6) |
| ILEDEFRANCE | In which French region are the tourist attractions Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Palace of Versailles and Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte? (3-2-6) |
| WINCHESTER | English cathedral, the burial place of Jane Austen (10) |
| HODGE | A rustic or countryman; an actress in Rumpole of the Bailey and a television adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers; or, Samuel Johnson's most famous cat (5) |
| YORK | Birth city of the Catholic revolutionary Guy Fawkes who was hanged for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (4) |
| OVIEDO | Capital of the Asturias in northern Spain, birth city of Fernando Alonso (6) |
