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A-Z Geography: containing "don"

How many of these countries, towns and other places whose names contain the word "don" can you name? Some cryptic clues are sprinkled in throughout, to help.
For example, the clue "Endless bass heard in conflict zone" could be (Don)-BAS.
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Clue
Place
A
A singer, Crosby, inhabits this Oxfordshire town (8 letters)
Abingdon-on-Thames
B
Essex town where Bond, or Fawlty, could be found (8)
Basildon
C
Footballer Keane for a visit to this southern borough of London (7)
Croydon
D
River in Rostov, Sheffield, and Aberdeen (3)
Don
E
I lean on an islet and castle in the West Highlands (11)
Eilean Donan
F
Oxfordshire town where jewellery is found (9)
Faringdon
G
Chinese province where the world's largest metropolis is located (9)
Guangdong
H
Auditory and Scottish-sounding Australian isles, penalised by US tariffs (23)
Heard and McDonald Islands
I
Large country which covers many islands (9)
Indonesia
J
First person in a township of Taiwan (7)
Jiadong
K
Georgian bands feature in gold-tipped Austrian town on the Danube (15)
Krems an der Donau
L
The British capital city (6)
London
M
Uruguayan city and Venezuelan racing driver (9)
Maldonado
N
Country formerly in Yugoslavia (14)
North Macedonia
O
Italian capital you don't see in Canada (10)
Oro-Medonte
P
Alternative dessert served in airport and district of Shanghai (6)
Pudong
Q
City just across the river from the above, at the mouth of the Yangtze (6)
Qidong
R
On a river, I and a Brazilian (8)
Rondônia
S
The largest town in Wiltshire, a place of victory (7)
Swindon
T
Foreigner at Tower of London; no escape for he's Spanish (12)
Torrelodones
U
Thai province has more than I imagined (9)
Udon Thani
V
Brazilian city whose 2-word name means "Turn round" (12)
Volta Redonda
W
District of London which is famous for tennis and Wombles (9)
Wimbledon
X
Airport in Nantong, close to Q (8)
Xingdong
Y
Read on to reveal name of suburb near Leeds, and in Philadelphia (6)
Yeadon
Z
How one hears of this obscure Chinese place, I'll never know (8)
Zhaodong
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