| HUNAU | City in central Germany noted as the birthplace of Jakob (1785) and Wilhelm (1786) Grimm (5) |
| EISENACH | City in Thuringia, central Germany, noted as the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685) |
| ARKIN | Alan of "Jakob the Liar" |
| AMISH | Followers of Jakob Ammann |
| SOLINGEN | City in west central Germany noted for cutlery (8) |
| TRIER | German city in the Moselle wine region noted as the birthplace of Karl Marx (5) |
| DELFT | Town in Holland noted for blue-and-white earthenware, links with the Dutch royal family and as the birthplace of Johannes Vermeer (5) |
| WORMS | City in Germany on the Rhine noted as the seat of imperial diets (5) |
| ROUGE | Paris cabaret built in 1889, famous as the birthplace of the can-can dance (6,5) |
| HERNE | Industrial city and port in North Rhinewestphalia, Germany, noted for the Cranger Kirmes funfair (5) |
| GOTHA | Town in Central Germany on the N edge of the Thuringian forest (5) |
| NIMES | This historic French city is regarded as the birthplace of denim. (5) |
| RIPON | Wisconsin city billed as the "Birthplace of the Republican Party" |
| GRIMM | Surname of Jacob and Wilhelm, German brothers who published collections of folk and fairy tales (5) |
| SAALE | A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River. |
| ASSISI | Town in Umbria, central Italy, noted as the birthplace of saints Francis (c. 1181) and Clare (1194) (6) |
| BROWNSEA | ____ Island, one in Poole Harbour noted as the birthplace of the Scouting movement (8) |
| AJACCIO | City on the west coast of Corsica best known as the birthplace of the Emperor Napoleon |
| NUREMBERG | City in the German state of Bavaria noted as the site of post-war trials of Nazi war criminals (9) |
| MOULINROUGE | Paris cabaret built in 1889, famous as the birthplace of the cancan dance (6,5) |
