| MAASTRICHT | Capital of the Dutch province of Limburg (10) |
| DORDRECHT | Southernmost city of the Dutch province of South Holland, on a river island southeast of Rotterdam (9) |
| GOUDA | Mild, creamy, semi-hard, cow's-milk cheese originating in the Dutch province of South Holland (5) |
| CURACAO | Willemstad, the capital of the Dutch West Indies, is located on this island |
| NIGHTWATCH | The _ _, famous painting of the Dutch Golden Age, completed in 1642 (5,5) |
| LIMBURGERCHEESE | Cheese from the historical Duchy of Limburg |
| DECLINE | Laze and end in relaxed fashion in the westernmost Dutch province (7) |
| IMARI | The style of porcelain exported from the Japanese port of Kyushu and reaching Europe by means of the Dutch East India Company |
| RIEMST | Municipality in Limburg, Belgium; site of the Battle of Lauffeld in 1747 |
| FRIESISH | Junk food is hard to get in Dutch province |
| UTRECHT | Dutch province and city (7) |
| FRIESLAND | Mate entertains powerless chums turning up in Dutch province |
| HEERLEN | City in Limburg province, the Netherlands, which is centre of a coal-mining region (7) |
| APELDOORN | City in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province, close to Het Loo, the summer residence of the Dutch royal family |
| BOSCH | Surname of the Dutch artist who painted the triptych 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' (5) |
| VERMEER | Rediscovered almost 200 years after his death, who is now considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, with works including The Milkmaid (c. 1658)? (7) |
| TULIP | Plant at the centre of the Dutch financial bubble of 1637 (5) |
| ZIYECH | Dutch-born midfielder who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League; he was a member of the Dutch national team in his early international matches before joining Morocco's team in 2015 and then represen |
| THEHAGUE | City in the Netherlands that is the site of the Dutch national parliament (3,5) |
| MONDRIAN | Artist, born 1872, one of the founders of the Dutch modern movement De Stijl (8) |
