| CUPAR | Former royal burgh and county town (pop about 9,000), once a yarn-spinning centre (5) |
| DUNBAR | East coast town (pop about 9,000), a former royal burgh (6) |
| DUNS | Former county town (pop about 2,700) in the Borders (4) |
| BANFF | Ancient royal burgh and county town in the north east (pop 4,000) (5) |
| FORFAR | Former royal burgh and county town in eastern Scotland (pop 14,000), once a textile manufacturing centre (6) |
| ANNAN | Town in the south-west (pop about 9,000), a former royal burgh (5) |
| ELGIN | Former royal burgh and cathedral city in northern Scotland (pop about 25,000 (5) |
| DUMFRIES | Former royal burgh and county town in the south-west (pop 37,0000) (8) |
| PEEBLES | Former royal burgh and county town in the Scottish Borders |
| SLIGO | Seaport and county town in the west of Ireland (pop about 20,000) (5) |
| MALTA | Country with the smallest national capital in the European Union (about 9,000 people) |
| REMUS | Yarn-spinning uncle |
| WEAVE | Do some yarn-spinning |
| IRVINE | Town on Scotland's Firth of Clyde, a former royal burgh and 12th Century military capital (6) |
| LAUDER | Small Borders town (pop about 1,500), a royal burgh with a charter dated 1502 (6) |
| DIANA | Taurasi who was the first WNBA player to score more than 9,000 points |
| AIRDRIE | Lanarkshire town (pop about 37,000), once a cotton mill centre (7) |
| QUITO | Capital at over 9,000 feet |
| ORONO | Home to 9,000 Maine collegians |
| LERWICK | Island town (pop about 7,500), a major ferry and fishing port (7) |
