| MYRA | Town of ancient Lycia now Demre, Turkey |
| XANTHUS | Chief city of ancient Lycia taken by the Romans whose remains lie in present-day Turkey (7) |
| AULIS | Port town of ancient Greece from which the Greek fleet is said to have sailed for the siege of Troy (5) |
| DAN | Northernmost town of ancient Palestine |
| ARIMATHEA | Town of ancient Palestine whence Saint Joseph (9) |
| CANOPUS | Bright star; town of ancient Egypt |
| SARPEDON | In Greek mythology, a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia (8) |
| DREAM | Mixed-up monster, terror of Lycia |
| IOBATES | King of Lycia in Greek mythology also known as Amphianax |
| FORFAR | County town of Angus, once site of a castle associated with Malcolm III, Canmore King of Scotland (6 |
| SHREWSBURY | Known as the "Town of Flowers", the county town of Shropshire, where Charles Darwin was born in 1809 (10) |
| SPRINGS | The title of Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice refers to the Australian town of Alice ... |
| CLWYD | Preserved county of Wales that includes the town of Conwy (5) |
| AYLESBURY | County town of Buckinghamshire associated with a breed of duck (9) |
| TRIM | County town of Meath, Republic of Ireland (4) |
| ABINGDON | Oxfordshire market town; county town of Berkshire until 1867 (8) |
| TRURO | Cape Cod town: county town of Cornwall (5) |
| ASSISI | Umbrian home town of Francis, the patron saint of animals |
| YTTRIC | Returning right in the middle of large town of Y? |
| SREBRENICA | Town of Bosnia and Herzegovina, site of an infamous 1995 massacre |
