| USURPS | Wrongly takes ancient city to be in American postal service (6) |
| PAGODA | Father takes ancient Greek to a temple in the east (6) |
| URDU | Tongue in ancient city to be enough for listeners |
| PONYEXPRESS | American postal service in the West, 1860-61 (4,7) |
| ZIPCODE | American postal address element (3,4) |
| SKATER | Ice dancer wrongly takes 4th place in tournament (6) |
| ROMESH | Italian city to be quiet for comic Mr Ranganathan (6) |
| STEALS | Wrongly takes a point, at least, off (6) |
| USESUP | Sue wrongly takes first part of supper and consumes fully (4,2) |
| ROBOTS | Heartless men wrongly take over Times, heartlessly (6) |
| NICKEL | Wrongly take the Spanish coin (6) |
| ASSUME | Wrongly take unorthodox measures, driving out troops |
| BYHAND | Mail, delivered in person rather than via the postal service (2,4) |
| INURN | Entomb in ancient city to the north |
| LURK | Left Kay going round ancient city to lie in wait (4) |
| DESTROY | Name an ancient city to raze to the ground (7) |
| ELCHE | Which city in Valencia is the only European city to be surrounded by an extensive grove of date palms, enhancing a North African atmosphere? (5) |
| URBAN | So typical of City to be elegant but unable to finish! |
| GLASGOW | Scottish city to be radiant, as golf is held in it |
| JOHNBULL | Judge new bishop in old Yorkshire city to be an archetypal Englishman (4,4) |
