CityQ Answers: August 21, 2026
The most famous valid city for each cell, plus how many alternative answers the grid accepted.
The grid
Rows
- River: On the Volga
- Ends in a vowel
- Two-word name
Columns
- Near sea level
- Geography: City on a major river
- Population: Mid-size (100K–1M)
Cell-by-cell solutions
River: On the Volga × Near sea level
Volgograd
Also valid: Tolyatti, Astrakhan + 5 more
River: On the Volga × Geography: City on a major river
Kazan
Also valid: Nizhniy Novgorod, Volgograd + 17 more
River: On the Volga × Population: Mid-size (100K–1M)
Saratov
Also valid: Tolyatti, Astrakhan + 13 more
Ends in a vowel × Near sea level
Shanghai
Also valid: Mumbai, Guangzhou + 1107 more
Ends in a vowel × Geography: City on a major river
Shanghai
Also valid: Guangzhou, Tokyo + 736 more
Ends in a vowel × Population: Mid-size (100K–1M)
Venezia
Also valid: Kathmandu, San Francisco + 2503 more
Two-word name × Near sea level
New York City
Also valid: Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong + 508 more
Two-word name × Geography: City on a major river
New York City
Also valid: Ho Chi Minh City, Saint Petersburg + 244 more
Two-word name × Population: Mid-size (100K–1M)
La Paz
Also valid: San Francisco, San Jose + 918 more
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