| EPINAL | Capital of Vosges department, France (6) |
| BASTIA | Port in Corsica; capital of Haute-Corse department, France (6) |
| NANTES | Seaport capital of Loire-Atlantique department, France (6) |
| NEVERS | Capital of Nievre department, France (6) |
| AMIENS | Capital of Somme department, France (6) |
| TROYES | Prefecture of Aube department, France (6) |
| ALSACE | Former region of France between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine (6) |
| SAONE | Largest tributary of the Rhone River, rising in the Vosges department of NE France (5) |
| VOYAGERS | Holidaymakers on sunny climb through northern half of Vosges |
| TOULOUSE | Capital of Haute-Garonne department, France (8) |
| LAROCHELLE | Capital of Charente-Maritime department, France (2,8) |
| MELUN | Capital of Seine-et-Marne department, France (5) |
| ROUEN | Capital of Seine-Maritime department, France |
| NIORT | Capital of Deux-Sevres department, France (5) |
| METZ | Capital of Moselle department, France |
| PERIGUEUX | Capital of Dordogne department, France |
| POITIERS | Capital of Vienne department, France (8) |
| LORRAINE | Historical region of France including the departementsof Moselle and Vosges (8) |
| SAAR | River rising in the Vosges Mountains on the border of Alsace-Lorraine |
| BACCARAT | Vosges crystal-making town: card game (8) |
