| BRISBANE | Australian city, capital of Queensland (8) |
| MELBOURNE | Australian city, capital of Victoria (9) |
| SYDNEY | Australian city, capital of New South Wales |
| PETERSON | Name a former Australian National Party politician, and Premier of Queensland, Joh Bjelke ... (8) |
| SHILLONG | Indian city, capital of the state of Meghalaya (8) |
| LAUSANNE | Swiss city, capital of the canton of Vaud (8) |
| PAMPLONA | Spanish city, capital of the kingdom of Navarre from the 11c until 1841 (8) |
| EDMONTON | Canadian city, capital of Alberta (8) |
| HANNOVER | German city, capital of Lower Saxony (8) |
| WINNIPEG | Canadian city, capital of Manitoba (8) |
| CHARTRES | French city, capital of Eure-et-Loir department (8) |
| MADRIGAL | Song from crazy European city, capital of Latvia (8) |
| TOULOUSE | French city, capital of the southern Occitanie region and near the border with Spain (8) |
| BANE | Half of Queensland capital is cause of distress (4) |
| TOOWOOMBA | City in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, nicknamed 'The Garden City' |
| ZONE | Australian upset over direction of Queensland region |
| BROLGA | Large Australian crane that is the emblem of Queensland (6) |
| NSW | Neighbor of the state of Queensland, in Australia (Abbr.) |
| EYRE | At the lowest point in Australia, the rains of Queensland trickle through to flood, and occasionally fill, the body of water known as Lake ... |
| TOWNSVILLE | City on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia which houses James Cook University (10) |
