| BRITTANY | Area of France between Normandy and the Bay of Biscay (8) |
| HERBROBERT | Linked to a Duke of Normandy and disguised alias of hobgoblin Puck, a name of a wild geranium whose other sobriquets include chatterboxes, death come quickly, kiss me quick and stinking Bob (4,6) |
| INTENTION | Plan starts with invasion of Normandy and malice aforethought (9) |
| RIBSTON | A variety of winter apple, grown first in Normandy and imported to Yorkshire (7) |
| PROVENCE | Historic region of France, between the Italian border and the River Rhone (8) |
| CAMARGUE | Region of southern France between the Mediterranean and the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhone (8) |
| BREIZ | Former province of France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay (5) |
| SEMILLON | White wine grape grown in Australia and the Bordeaux area of France (8) |
| OVIEDO | North-western Spanish city between the Cantabrian mountains and the Bay of Biscay (6) |
| BIARRITZ | City on the Bay of Biscay, location of the Hotel du Palais (8) |
| KRA | Isthmus of ___, narrow neck of the Malay Peninsula between the Gulf of Thailand and the Bay of Benga |
| LORRAINE | Large shower during journey obscuring the odd area of France (8) |
| ASTURIAS | Region of Spain, on the Bay of Biscay (8) |
| THIRDREPUBLIC | Governmental system of France between the fall of Napoleon III in 1870 and the German occupation of 1940 (5,8) |
| LANGUEDOC | Historical region of France between the foothills of the Pyrenees and the river Rhone (9) |
| GASCONY | Region of south-west France between the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees (7) |
| ROCHELLE | La ___, French port on the Bay of Biscay (8) |
| ALSACE | Region and former province of France between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine |
| AUVERGNE | A universal author's written about good area of France |
| DAUPHIN | Title given to the eldest son of the king of France between 1349 and 1830 (7) |
