| SIMPLONPASS | Way through mountains between Brig in Switzerland and Iselle in Italy (7,4) |
| KHYBERPASS | Narrow way through mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan (6,4) |
| DAISYMILLER | Henry James novel of 1879 set in Switzerland and Italy |
| KATEWINSLET | Actress who met her current husband amid a natural disaster, mirroring her recent role in "The Mountain Between Us": 2 wds. |
| GAP | The space between two electrodes across which a spark can travel; a break in continuity; or, a pass or way through mountains (3) |
| ENCOMPASS | Surround with trained men to guard company on way through mountains (9) |
| SURPASS | Almost certain way through mountains will go beyond (7) |
| BROADENS | Develops a way through mountains (8) |
| PASS | I don't know way through mountains |
| COL | Firm line shows way through mountains |
| COMETOPASS | Happen to arrive at way through mountains? |
| BISE | Cold, dry northerly wind that blows in Switzerland and over areas of France and Italy (4) |
| RIGI | "Queen of the Mountains" between lakes Lauerz, Lucerne and Zug in central Switzerland (4) |
| CHOIRBOY | Singer in Switzerland and in Brazil set up by young male (8) |
| RHONE | River rising in Switzerland and flowing to Lake Geneva, and then into France (5) |
| ALPINIST | A climber of high mountains, especially in Switzerland and Austria (8) |
| RHINE | River in Europe which rises in Switzerland and flows to the North Sea (5) |
| CHEMISTRY | Term is devised in Switzerland and Italy lately for a science (9) |
| CHIRPY | Lively Irish pastor in Switzerland and Italy lately (6) |
| URAL | Russian river, rising in the mountains between Europe and Asia (4) |
