| ARRONDISSEMENT | Administrative sub-division of the departments of France, or of large cities such as Paris (14) |
| URBANSPRAWL | Expansion at the edges of big cities ... as exhibited in the answers to the starred clues |
| CHER | 15th-largest by area of the 101 departments of France, in the Centre-Val de Loire region; capital, Bourges (4) |
| HUNDRED | Anglo-Saxon sub-division of a shire, in use up to the 19th century (7) |
| VAUCLUSE | Department of SE France created in 1793 out of parts of the departments of Bouches-du-Rhone, Drome and Basses-Alpes |
| JIMMYCARTER | President who, in 1977 and 1979, signed into law the creation of the Departments of Energy and Education: 2 wds. |
| CLASSIC | Type of cycle race such as Paris- Roubaix or Liege-Bastogne-Liege (7) |
| AUVERGNE | Former administrative region of France comprising the departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire |
| AQUITAINE | Historical region of France which comprised the departments of Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and Pyrenees-Atlantiques (9) |
| SECRETSERVICE | Branch of the US Department of Homeland Security formerly (1865-2003) under the auspices of the Department of the Treasury (6,7) |
| IRIS | The national flower of France; or, the Greek goddess of the rainbow (4) |
| RHEIN | The local spelling of river crossed by rail tracks in cities such as Mainz and Cologne (5) |
| ROUEN | Port city of NW France; prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime and the Normandy region (5) |
| MIDI | Casual or colloquial word for the south of France; or, a skirt or a dress with a hemline falling to the calf (4) |
| ARMAND | From French for "delicacy, treat", name for an almond-based dainty or cake flavoured with fruit; a savoury puff or sausage roll of France; or, the epicure who enjoys such delices (6) |
| LOSTPROPERTY | One of the departments in station is full of losers? Stuff that! (4,8) |
| WARDS | Political divisions of some cities, such as Chicago and Washington, D.C. |
| STPATRICKSDAY | Annual parade in March in cities such as Montreal and Toronto: 3 wds. |
| UBAHN | Underground railway system in German cities such as Munich, Hamburg and Berlin (1-4) |
| ALSACE | On January 1, 2021, the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin became the European Collectivity of ____ |
