| JEFFERSON | _ City, capital of the US state of Missouri (9) |
| KANSASCITY | The largest city in the US state of Missouri (6,4) |
| WIESBADEN | German city, capital of the state of Hesse (9) |
| ANNAPOLIS | The capital of the US state of Maryland, end point for the 3,000-mile annual Race Across America bicycle race (9) |
| MONTERREY | Fast-growing Mexican city, capital of the Nuevo Leon state (9) |
| SAINTPAUL | The capital of the US state of Minnesota (5,4) |
| SANTANDER | Spanish city, capital of the historic region of Cantabria |
| EMERALD | The ___ City, capital of the Land Of Oz (7) |
| STETIENNE | French city, capital of the Loire department (2,7) |
| NASHVILLE | Country music capital of the US (9) |
| HOLLYWOOD | Movie capital of the US (9) |
| CARSON | - - - City, capital of the US state of Nevada (6) |
| STCHARLES | Former capital of Missouri |
| LAKE | Salt ___ City (capital of Utah) |
| IBADAN | Major Nigerian city, capital of the state of Oyo (6) |
| NANCY | French city, capital of the Dukes of Lorraine in the 12c (5) |
| SHILLONG | Indian city, capital of the state of Meghalaya (8) |
| LAREDO | Texas city, capital of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande in 1840 |
| GUADALAJARA | Mexico's second-largest city, capital of the state of Jalisco (11) |
| PAMPLONA | Spanish city, capital of the kingdom of Navarre from the 11c until 1841 (8) |
