| PONTINE | & 23A Area of reclaimed land in Lazio, central Italy (7,7) |
| RIETI | City in Lazio, central Italy (5) |
| POLDER | Low-lying piece of reclaimed land (6) |
| POLDERS | Reclaimed land in the Netherlands |
| CASTELGANDOLFO | Pope's summer residence in Lazio Region south of Rome (6,8) |
| EMBANKMENT | Thames -, reclaimed land next to the River Thames in central London (10) |
| LEOPOLD | House on reclaimed land abandoned by queen and king (7) |
| ANZIO | Port and resort in Lazio, Italy, site of Allied landings in World War II (5) |
| ORLANDO | Here Disney World spectacles cover surface of reclaimed ground |
| THWAITE | Remain in the reclaimed land (7) |
| CASTEL | And 8 Summer residence of the pope, in Lazio, Italy, on Lake Albano just south of Rome (6,8) |
| ESCHEAT | Reclaimed land primate abandons to find shade? (7) |
| GANDOLFO | Summer residence of the pope, in Lazio, Italy, on Lake Albano just south of Rome (6,8) |
| TIVOLI | Town in Lazio, Italy, to the east of Rome containing the remains of Hadrian's villa |
| FRASCATI | Town and summer resort in Lazio, Italy, noted for its white wine |
| LEVELS | Low-lying, often reclaimed lands (6) |
| ASSART | In British legal history, a piece of forest land cleared or reclaimed for arable use; or, the act or offence of grubbing up of trees and bushes (6) |
| ROMANNUMERALS | cc one living in Lazio and other figures (5,8) |
| PALINDROME | Friend of disheartened Italian department head in Lazio notes it's the same either way |
| ZION | Is God's kingdom in Lazio? Never! (4) |
