| ALLIER | A river in South Central France, rising in the Cevennes and flowing North to the Loire (6) |
| ARDECHE | River in south-central France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing 78 miles into the Rhone (7) |
| SAAR | A river in West Europe, rising in the Vosges Mountains and flowing north to the Moselle River in Germany (4) |
| LOT | Item(s) for sale at auction; or, a French river rising in the Cevennes (3) |
| MASSIF | Highland region in south-central France consisting of mountains and plateaus, _ Central (6) |
| ODER | A river in central Europe, rising in the North East Czech Republic and flowing north and west to the Baltic (4) |
| DURANCE | A river in south-eastern France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhone (7) |
| GARONNE | A river in Southwest France, rising in the central Pyrenees, flowing through the city of Bordeaux and into the Atlantic (7) |
| DONKEY | How R.L. Stevenson described his 1878 journey through the Cevennes? (7,4,1,6) |
| ELBE | River in Central Europe, rising in the northern Czech Republic and flowing north-west to the North Sea (4) |
| LOIRE | Longest river of France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing generally northwest to the Atlantic at St-Nazaire (5) |
| CHENIN | Wine grape native to the Loire Valley (6) |
| ORANGE | House by a river in South Africa |
| ADOUR | River of south-west France, rising in the Pyrenees and flowing 200 miles into the Bay of Biscay (5) |
| RHONEALPES | Region of E France rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the e |
| XINGU | River in Brazil that rises on the Mato Grosso plateau before flowing north to the Amazon delta (5) |
| IRENIC | Tranquil stretch of Medicine River flowing north |
| CEVENNES | Mountain range in south central France on the south-east edge of the Massif Central (8) |
| CHER | French river rising in the Massif Central, flowing to the Loire (4) |
| LIMOGES | City on the Vienne River in south-central France (7) |
