| HAUTESAVOIE | A department of East France bordering Switzerland and Italy (5-6) |
| LORRAINE | A region and former province of East France, the German name for which is Lothringen (8) |
| DAISYMILLER | Henry James novel of 1879 set in Switzerland and Italy |
| ISERE | A department of South East France, the capital of which is Grenoble (5) |
| CHANTERAINE | A raw milk triple cream cheese from north east France |
| HAUTESAVLIE | Department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of E France bordering both Switzerland and 34 Down; capital. Annecy (5-6) |
| ALSACE | Region of France bordering Germany and Switzerland (6) |
| RHONEALPES | Former region of SE France from the edge of the Massif Central in the west to the Switzerland and Italy borders (5-5) |
| GERS | A department of South West France, named after a tributary of the Garonne (4) |
| INDRE | A department of Central France, named after a river (5) |
| TROUVILLE | Name by which a commune in the Calvados department of France bordering Deauville is commonly known |
| TIROL | Alpine region of Austria and Italy (5) |
| TYROL | Alpine region of Austria and Italy (5) |
| BLANC | Highest peak in the Alps, which lies between France and Italy (5) |
| LUGANO | Lake between Switzerland and Italy which lies at the S. foot of the Alps (6) |
| YONNE | A department of North Central France, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region (5) |
| COTEDOR | A department of Northeastern France, the prefecture of which is Dijon (4-3) |
| LOMBARDY | Region of Italy, bordering Switzerland (8) |
| EUROS | Wallaroos; or, 100 cent single currency coins used by countries including Austria, France and Italy (5) |
| ENNUI | Tedium when nun travels between Spain and Italy (5) |
