| BRAGA | City in NW Portugal housing the University of Minho |
| MEDELLIN | City in NW Colombia housing the University of Antioquia (8) |
| LAHORE | City in northeast Pakistan housing the University of the Punjab |
| JOHANNESBURG | City in Gauteng, South Africa, housing the University of Witwatersrand |
| SASKATOON | City in Canada housing the University of Saskatchewan |
| PENSACOLA | US city and sea port housing the University of West Florida (9) |
| CAEN | Industrial city in NW France that is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region |
| BANGOR | University city in NW Wales on the south shore of the Menai Strait |
| DIENBIENPHU | City in NW Vietnam; scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh in 1954 (4,4,3) |
| OVIEDO | City in NW Spain that is the capital of the Principality of Asturias (6) |
| STJOSEPH | City in NW Missouri, US; starting point of the Pony Express in 1860 |
| LEON | University city in NW Nicaragua; a former capital of the country (4) |
| BRUGES | City in NW Belgium that is the capital of West Flanders province (6) |
| TRUJILLO | University city in NW Peru founded in 1534 (8) |
| SAGA | University city in NW Kyushu, Japan, housing a renovated 16th-century castle (4) |
| TURIN | Name a city in NW Italy, in Piedmont, on the River Po (5) |
| TABRIZ | Ancient city in NW Iran that is the capital of East Azerbaijan Province (6) |
| LEMANS | Industrial city in NW France which is the site of a motorracing circuit (2,4) |
| BREMEN | City in NW Germany on the Weser estuary (6) |
| SANTAANA | City in NW El Salvador associated with the coffee industry (5,3) |
