| MTNS | Alps & Andes: abbr. |
| RANGES | Alps and Andes, say (6) |
| MTN | Any of the Andes: Abbr. |
| MTS | Rockies or Andes: Abbr. |
| MINERALSPRINGS | Collier crosses the Alps and circles Evian and Perrier, say (7,7) |
| RHONE | River rising in the Alps and flowing through Lake Geneva and on into the Mediterranean (5) |
| AMOUNTING | Coming to start of Alps and climbing (9) |
| CISALPINE | In the ancient world, ___ Gaul was between the Alps and the Apennines (9) |
| SWISS | Cuckoo clocks, chocolates, snow, Alps and Heidi ultimately - this? (5) |
| RHINE | River rising in the Swiss Alps and then through six countries to the North Sea (5) |
| BISE | Dry, cold northern wind of the Swiss Alps and France |
| MONTBLANC | With an elevation of 15,777'ft, the highest mountain in the Alps and Europe, site of Chamonix in its foothills (4,5) |
| SIERRANEVADA | Mountain range including Mulhacen, continental Europe's highest peak outside the Alps and Caucasus |
| RIGI | Swiss "Queen of the Mountains" renowned for panoramic views over snow-capped Alps and its cogwheel train on Europe's first mountain railway (4) |
| ADIGE | River rising in the Alps, and flowing 250 miles into the Adriatic Sea (5) |
| DURANCE | A river in south-eastern France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhone (7) |
| LOMBARDY | Containing Lake Como, region of northern Italy between the Alps and the Po, site of La Scala opera house in its capital Milan (8) |
| KANDER | Swiss river whose source is in the Bernese Alps, and which flows into Lake Thun (6) |
| DART | River which rises in the Southern Alps and flows into the northern end of Lake Wakatipu (4) |
| RANGE | Mountain ___ (the Alps or the Andes, for example) |
