| CHARTRES | French city, capital of Eure-et-Loir department (8) |
| ORNE | Neighbor of Eure-et-Loir |
| TOULOUSE | French city, capital of the southern Occitanie region and near the border with Spain (8) |
| GESTE | Exploit in Eure-et-Loir |
| ALBI | French city, capital of the Tarn department (4) |
| DIJON | French city, capital of the former duchy of Burgundy (5) |
| NANCY | French city, capital of the Dukes of Lorraine in the 12c (5) |
| STETIENNE | French city, capital of the Loire department (2,7) |
| AMIENS | French city, capital of Somme department (6) |
| AVIGNON | French city, capital of papacy 1309-1377 (7) |
| STRASBOURG | French city, capital of the Alsace region (10) |
| METZ | French city, capital of Lorraine (4) |
| SHILLONG | Indian city, capital of the state of Meghalaya (8) |
| LAUSANNE | Swiss city, capital of the canton of Vaud (8) |
| PAMPLONA | Spanish city, capital of the kingdom of Navarre from the 11c until 1841 (8) |
| EDMONTON | Canadian city, capital of Alberta (8) |
| HANNOVER | German city, capital of Lower Saxony (8) |
| BRISBANE | Australian city, capital of Queensland (8) |
| WINNIPEG | Canadian city, capital of Manitoba (8) |
| MADRIGAL | Song from crazy European city, capital of Latvia (8) |