| WARSAW | City used to be verdant, looking from the east |
| INBUD | Looking from the East, name part of UK that's ready to blossom (2,3) |
| BERLINERS | their city used to be walled |
| OLDEN | Ancient, somewhat wizened looking from the rear (5) |
| BATH | West Country city used to clean up |
| DEVIL | Satan existed, looking from the abyss? (5) |
| PORTROYAL | Representation changes area to old city used by pirates |
| ANGLERS | Those looking from a particular viewpoint - at frog-fish? (7) |
| ASHEN | Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion. |
| OBESE | Ms Derek returned looking, from three directions, fat (5) |
| REDDER | Looking from either side, it's more bloodshot (6) |
| PRAGUE | Capital city used as a replacement for Vienna in Amadeus and The Illusionist (6) |
| STRAND | Famed New York City used book store with '8 miles of books' |
| PATRONYMIC | Quiet Roman city used familial name (10) |
| BYPASS | Road avoiding city used by quiet fool (6) |
| UNIT | Central fund city used for this section |
| PEORIA | Illinois city used as shorthand for Middle America |
| FORUM | A public square in an ancient Roman city used for judicial or other business (5) |
| MAY | Known to the Saxons as "Tri-Milchi", in recognition of cows being milked thrice daily due to an abundance of lush verdant pasture, the name of the spring month containing Beltane (3) |
| LEA | Verdant tract of land and hint to the theme of the puzzle |