Across 2 The capital city of New Zealand (10) 6 The capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial centre; one of the world's largest cities (6,4) 10 The capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia (8) 11 The capital and largest city of South Korea; located in northwestern South Korea (5) 12 The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural centre of Japan (5) 14 The capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo (11) 16 The capital city of sunny Greenland (4) 17 A port and the capital of Guinea (7) 19 The capital and chief port of Qatar (4) 21 City in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia (2,3) 22 The capital of Ecuador (5) 23 A formerly Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999 (5) Down 1 The capital and largest city of Honduras (11) 3 The capital and largest city of

Luxembourg (10) 4 The capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Québec) (6) 5 The administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea (4,7) 6 A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera (6) 7 The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs (5) 8 The capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam (5) 9 The capital of Maldives in the centre of the islands (4) 13 The capital of Cameroon (7) 15 The capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss (6) 18 Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire (4) 20 The capital of Western Samoa (4) 21 Capital and largest city of Togo; located in the south on the Gulf of Guinea (4)