| European capital (6) | Mirror Quick | 20 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Behold new professor in city (6) | Mirror Cryptic | 20 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Big Ben's city | Newsday | 14 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | English city in "Paddington" | Universal | 13 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | City where Big Ben rings |  |  | 
          
            | In which city was the original Globe Theatre built? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City where Dubai Chambers launched its first international hub for UK investors. (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City where Aarav Bhatia, son of Akshay Kumar, moved to pursue higher studies in fashion design. (6) |  |  | 
          
            | The Big Smoke (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Capital of United Kingdom |  |  | 
          
            | Might the non-old change the city? |  |  | 
          
            | Capital of the United Kingdom, is a global financial and cultural hub known for landmarks like the Tower of London, Big Ben, and its historic role in the British Empire. (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Destination of the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad. (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City inside the M25 (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Jack -, The Call of the Wild author | The Telegraph Quick | 24 May 2025 | 
          
            | The commercial building known informally as "The Gherkin" is in this city (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City where Ajitabh Bachchan built a successful career in business away from the glitz of Bollywood. (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City of 'Big Ben' (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Capital of England |  |  | 
          
            | Place to find capital in Britain |  |  | 
          
            | Mostly Noel can put it on in the big smoke! (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Last Train To ____, song by ELO released in 1979 (6) |  |  | 
          
            | The capital of the United Kingdom (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Left working professor some capital (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Jack ---, author of The Call of the Wild | The Times Concise | 10 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Jack ___, author of The Call of the Wild |  |  | 
          
            | City where Chaney and Bradman get together (6) |  |  | 
          
            | European city with Big Ben |  |  | 
          
            | Capital on river east of Bristol, ultimately (6) |  |  | 
          
            | England capital city, (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Where Chaney and Bradman get together? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | The capital city of England (6) |  |  | 
          
            | The capital city of the United Kingdom (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Major European capital whose name comes from a Roman settlement founded in 43 AD (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Critically acclaimed indie group, _ Grammar (6) |  |  | 
          
            | England's capital | Mirror Tea Time | 18 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | City of growing pride (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rifle Brigade to whom 'Royal Scot' 46166 dedicated (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Eurpoean capital (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City that first hosted the Summer Olympics in 1908 (6) |  |  | 
          
            | The capital of England (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Five hundred and fifty two ducks fly around the north at midmorning to this city (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Southern English city | The Times Concise | 09 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | U.K.'s largest city | USA Today | 08 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | City that has the oldest 21 across system (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City that has the oldest subway system (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City that has the oldest underground system (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City that has the oldest 1 across system (6) |  |  | 
          
            | & 19D 2007-08 Premiership Rugby champions; later renamed and entered administration in 2022 (6,5) | Mirror Quiz | 26 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | 2007-08 Premiership Rugby champions; later renamed and entered administration in 2022 (6,5) |  |  | 
          
            | Loan not supported by a fellow's capital (6) |  |  | 
          
            | "An American Werewolf in -" |  |  | 
          
            | In which city were the 2012 Summer Olympics held? |  |  | 
          
            | Where to find Cockneys like Chaney and Bradman (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Capital letter's first seen by working man |  |  | 
          
            | Jekyll and Hyde's home |  |  | 
          
            | Where capitalists can take pride in a bloomer? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | "Fun fact! 20a and this city in England will have hosted the Olympics thrice!" |  |  | 
          
            | Taylor Swift song, "So Long -" |  |  | 
          
            | Capital of the UK (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Behold new dress in metropolis |  |  | 
          
            | Olivia Colman musical crime movie _ Road (6) |  |  | 
          
            | After a loss, loan taken by fellow is capital (6) |  |  | 
          
            | -- pride: none-so-pretty (6) |  |  | 
          
            | It has an eye for the tourists (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City eyed as a tourist attraction (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Paris will this year join which other city to have hosted the Olympic Games three times? |  |  | 
          
            | Home for William and Kate |  |  | 
          
            | Author of the 1903 novel The Call Of The Wild, Jack _ (6) |  |  | 
          
            | UK Capital city |  |  | 
          
            | Capital! | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 18 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | City that's large and on a river |  |  | 
          
            | 2012 Olympics host | Wall Street Journal | 12 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Summer Olympics host, 1908, 1948, and 2012 | Thomas Joseph | 03 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Bridge capital (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Where an American werewolf appeared in this 1981 film? (6) | The Guardian Weekend | 04 May 2024 | 
          
            | The Luftwaffe carried out its first - but not its last - bombing raid on this English city on August 25, 1940, prompting reprisal raids on Berlin |  |  | 
          
            | *On the Thames |  |  | 
          
            | The 'Forest City' in Ontario |  |  | 
          
            | Place of pride (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City Line depresses working academic |  |  | 
          
            | Which city has hosted the Olympics the most number of times - 3? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | American novelist from North Dakota working on the outskirts of Locarno (6) |  |  | 
          
            | & 24A Hybrid of Pyrenean Saxifrage and St Patrick's-cabbage with pinkish-white flowers | Mirror Quiz | 26 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | How Chaney can put it on in the big smoke! |  |  | 
          
            | With first light this city intones "Danny Boy" (6) |  |  | 
          
            | With first light this city intones 'Danny Boy' | The Telegraph Toughie | 23 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | TV region consisting of Carlton and LWT (6) |  |  | 
          
            | This city hosted the Olympic Games in 1948 |  |  | 
          
            | Buckingham Palace's location? | Mirror Tea Time | 12 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | "___ Has Fallen"; Gerard Butler film |  |  | 
          
            | British boxer who fought Muhammad Ali in August, 1966 (6) |  |  | 
          
            | & 18D 1989 novel by Martin Amis (6,6) | Mirror Quiz | 11 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | City of Nelson's Column (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Home of Marble Arch |  |  | 
          
            | host of the 2012 Olympics |  |  | 
          
            | "The Crown" city |  |  | 
          
            | 10-month-old son of 1-Across and Carter, who now has a baby sister |  |  | 
          
            | "It's ___ to a brick," idiom with the English capital that means "indicate with a high certainty" |  |  | 
          
            | England capital and home to Big Ben |  |  | 
          
            | 2012 Olympics host | Thomas Joseph | 12 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Westminster Abbey setting | Wall Street Journal | 28 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | --- Calling, Clash song | The Times Concise | 12 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Home of Shakespeare's Globe | Wall Street Journal | 25 May 2023 | 
          
            | England's capital city that hosts a World Marathon Majors race |  |  | 
          
            | City in Ontario... or the capital city of England |  |  | 
          
            | The University of ___, institute where Nelson Mandela studied for a Bachelor of Laws |  |  | 
          
            | 8/9 - in this case the Thames | The Guardian Weekend | 01 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | UK capital | The Times Concise | 16 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | UK capital | The Times Concise | 08 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Is it only the non old who change the city? | Irish Times Simplex | 25 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | City on the river Thames which is a popular shopping destination |  |  | 
          
            | City student and Ontario crime boss |  |  | 
          
            | Pound on title for Guardiola's City | The Telegraph Toughie | 24 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Splash out on Midlands 12 | The Guardian Cryptic | 22 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Mixture of old and new working capital |  |  | 
          
            | Start to learn about lecturing Man City |  |  | 
          
            | Charlie Chaplin's birthplace which is also the capital city of England |  |  | 
          
            | City where Big Ben bongs |  |  | 
          
            | Bird circling North Dakota's capital city |  |  | 
          
            | Liberal Spanish gent added to working capital |  |  | 
          
            | Working party in Lisbon evacuated capital | The Telegraph Toughie | 02 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | "Winning ___," 2001 direct-to-comedy movie starring the Olsen twins which is set in the Home of the Big Ben |  |  | 
          
            | With Six, Canadian car | Canadiana | 26 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Eccentric imprisons neighbourhood extremists in capital |  |  | 
          
            | Capital's liberal professor's on |  |  | 
          
            | Soho setting | Premier Sunday | 05 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Student on and on about day in big city | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | English capital | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | UK capital | Irish Times Simplex | 02 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | It's upstream from Greenwich | Newsday | 19 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Capital letters only needed definitely on names/initials |  |  | 
          
            | Here M40 leads Oxford type, say, learner ahead to West | The Telegraph Toughie | 03 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | "___ Calling," song by British punk rock band the Clash which has the name of a city in its title that is known for the clock tower"Big Ben" |  |  | 
          
            | See new sign of agreement over City |  |  | 
          
            | 2012 Olympics venue where James Harden won the gold medal for the US men's basketball team |  |  | 
          
            | Unattached trim gangster from the capital | Irish Times Crosaire | 05 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Lecturer working with fellow author |  |  | 
          
            | Left about to get into capital |  |  | 
          
            | See northern fellow in the metropolis | The Telegraph Cryptic | 02 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | City that hosts the Wimbledon Championships |  |  | 
          
            | *With 44-Across, rhyme with a broken span | Wall Street Journal | 14 May 2019 | 
          
            | *With 44-Across, rhyme with a broken span |  |  | 
          
            | European capital where the fictional character Sherlock Holmes resided |  |  | 
          
            | Jack perhaps left close to river |  |  | 
          
            | Largest city of England where the beverage festival "Cocktail Week" is held annually |  |  | 
          
            | The Capital opens late one night for one of those in the Mafia | Irish Times Crosaire | 28 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Big Ben's city | Newsday | 23 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Buckingham Palace city |  |  | 
          
            | Underground locale | New York Times | 03 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Capital – that of Latvia – on river |  |  | 
          
            | Short pine by gangster for capital | Irish Times Crosaire | 07 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | "The Call of the Wild" author Jack | Universal | 02 May 2017 | 
          
            | See 5 |  |  | 
          
            | Writer Jack left supported by academic |  |  | 
          
            | "The Call of the Wild" author Jack |  |  | 
          
            | Underground locale |  |  | 
          
            | 'A Christmas Carol' setting | Wall Street Journal | 22 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Pound added by university fellow to the capital |  |  | 
          
            | Call of The Wild author | Canadiana | 26 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Parliament setting | Thomas Joseph | 01 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | York Street locale | Canadiana | 07 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | "A Tale of Two Cities" city | USA Today | 06 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Capital of 44 Across | Newsday | 10 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | US author not enough for single academic |  |  | 
          
            | Call of the Wild author or Ontario city | Canadiana | 16 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | "A Tale of Two Cities" city |  |  | 
          
            | Capital of 44 Across |  |  | 
          
            | US writer snubbed single academic fellow |  |  | 
          
            | Kelly's "What Not to Wear" partner |  |  | 
          
            | Lambeth Palace locale |  |  | 
          
            | Three-time Olympics host |  |  | 
          
            | "A Tale of Two Cities" setting |  |  | 
          
            | Big Ben's city |  |  | 
          
            | Dickensian setting |  |  | 
          
            | Big Ben's city |  |  | 
          
            | 2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |  |  | 
          
            | 2012 Olympics site |  |  | 
          
            | With 8-Across, world's oldest subway system? |  |  | 
          
            | Where Big Ben bongs |  |  | 
          
            | "White Fang" author |  |  | 
          
            | Setting of Buckingham Palace |  |  | 
          
            | Soho locale |  |  | 
          
            | City ravaged by a 1666 fire |  |  | 
          
            | Bridge city in a children's song |  |  | 
          
            | "A Tale of Two Cities" city |  |  | 
          
            | "A foggy day in ___ town" (Gershwin lyric) |  |  | 
          
            | "A Tale of Two Cities" city |  |  | 
          
            | "White Fang" author |  |  | 
          
            | Big Ben's home |  |  | 
          
            | Queen's hometown |  |  | 
          
            | European capital |  |  | 
          
            | Charing Cross site |  |  | 
          
            | Old Vic Theatre city |  |  | 
          
            | Its stock exchange will merge with Frankfurt's |  |  | 
          
            | Big Ben.s city |  |  | 
          
            | Where Wembley is |  |  | 
          
            | "White Fang" novelist |  |  | 
          
            | Tower site |  |  | 
          
            | "The Call of the Wild" author |  |  | 
          
            | Site of the world's first subway |  |  | 
          
            | #104 |  |  | 
          
            | Old Rolling Stones record label |  |  | 
          
            | Site of the Guildhall |  |  | 
          
            | Jack or Julie |  |  | 
          
            | Where the pussy cat has been |  |  | 
          
            | Holmes's home |  |  | 
          
            | Famous bridge |  |  | 
          
            | City in Kentucky |  |  | 
          
            | Haydn's 104th |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Bridge. |  |  | 
          
            | Gifford's ambassadorial post. |  |  | 
          
            | City of Masts. |  |  | 
          
            | Prospector, seaman, war correspondent, novelist. |  |  | 
          
            | Where Quilp, the dwarf, lived. |  |  | 
          
            | Where Ambassador Winant resides. |  |  | 
          
            | "V for Vendetta" setting |  |  | 
          
            | City in Ontario |  |  | 
          
            | The British lion's den. |  |  | 
          
            | Invincible city. |  |  | 
          
            | Metropolitan baritone. |  |  | 
          
            | Where Covent Garden is. |  |  | 
          
            | Hub of England's "Festival." |  |  | 
          
            | Locale of the Tate Gallery. |  |  | 
          
            | Tourist mecca of 1953. |  |  | 
          
            | Where Hyde Park is. |  |  | 
          
            | U.S. writer. |  |  | 
          
            | Where Marylebone is. |  |  | 
          
            | Ontario city. |  |  | 
          
            | Noted baritone. |  |  | 
          
            | American writer. |  |  | 
          
            | Where Bow bells chime. |  |  | 
          
            | Where "the City" is. |  |  | 
          
            | "Sea Wolf" author. |  |  | 
          
            | Scene of recent P. M. conference. |  |  | 
          
            | Soho, Fleet Street, Bow Bells, and fog. |  |  | 
          
            | American basso at the Metropolitan. |  |  |