| DINANT | Small city in southern Belgium (pop about 14,000),on the River Meuse (6) |
| LIEGE | An industrial city in Belgium (pop about 200,000), on the River Meuse (5) |
| OSTEND | Seaport in north-west Belgium (pop about 70,000), once with a large fishing fleet ((6) |
| FORFAR | County town, and former royal burgh in eastern Scotland (pop about 14,000) (6) |
| LOURDES | Small market town in southern France (pop about 14,000), a major pilgrimage site (7) |
| ANTWERP | City in Belgium (pop 510,000), with a 14th century Gothic cathedral (7) |
| TRENTO | Small city in northern Italy (pop about 100,000), on the Adige River (6) |
| RESUME | Start again from the River Meuse(6) |
| MANTUA | Small city in northern Italy (pop about 50,000), designated the Italian City of Culture in 2017 (6) |
| SEVERN | River Meuse Vernon included (6) |
| ARMAGH | Small city in south Northern Ireland, the seat of Roman Catholic and Protestant archbishops (6) |
| VERDUN | City in the Meuse department of northeastern France, site of the longest and largest battle of the First World War (6) |
| PIERRE | US state capital (pop 14,000), founded in 1880 (6) |
| NAMUR | Belgian city on the River Meuse, which suffered heavy damage in both world wars |
| SEDAN | Town on the River Meuse which was the scene of a 1940 Second World War battle which began the German invasion of France (5) |
| AVIGNON | Small city in southern France (pop about 90,000), on the Rhone (7) |
| SHASTA | 14,000-foot volcano in California |
| ISLAND | One of more than 14,000 that make up Japan |
| RONDA | Small city in southern Spain (pop about 35,000), set above a deep gorge (5) |
| EVORA | Small city in southern Portugal (pop about 55,000), a UNESCO World Heritage Site (5) |
