CityQ Answers: September 9, 2026
The most famous valid city for each cell, plus how many alternative answers the grid accepted.
The grid
Rows
- Country: In South Africa
- Continent: In Asia
- Sea: On the Baltic Sea
Columns
- UNESCO World Heritage site
- Ends in a vowel
- Population: Mid-size (100K–1M)
Cell-by-cell solutions
Country: In South Africa × UNESCO World Heritage site
Johannesburg
Also valid: Cape Town, Pretoria + 20 more
Country: In South Africa × Ends in a vowel
Pretoria
Also valid: Soweto, Gqeberha + 28 more
Country: In South Africa × Population: Mid-size (100K–1M)
Bloemfontein
Also valid: Pietermaritzburg, Soshanguve + 61 more
Continent: In Asia × UNESCO World Heritage site
Istanbul
Also valid: Mumbai, Delhi + 365 more
Continent: In Asia × Ends in a vowel
Shanghai
Also valid: Mumbai, Guangzhou + 1231 more
Continent: In Asia × Population: Mid-size (100K–1M)
Jerusalem
Also valid: Kathmandu, Macau + 2433 more
Sea: On the Baltic Sea × UNESCO World Heritage site
Saint Petersburg
Also valid: Stockholm, Riga + 3 more
Sea: On the Baltic Sea × Ends in a vowel
Riga
Also valid: Helsinki, Malmö + 5 more
Sea: On the Baltic Sea × Population: Mid-size (100K–1M)
Riga
Also valid: Helsinki, Gdańsk + 11 more
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