| CHANGSHA | Capital of the Hunan province of SE China, on the lower reaches of the Xiang River (8) |
| ARRIVAL | Challenger, sailing on the lower reaches of a river, is coming (7) |
| GUANGDONG | Province of SE China on the South China Sea; capital, Canton (9) |
| NPR | News presenter in Hunan Province |
| XIANG | Chinese dialect spoken mainly in Hunan province |
| SHANGHAI | City and municipality of China on the southern estuary of the Yangtze (8) |
| TREETOPS | Word, capturing the essence of the upper reaches of forests, for the canopy-forming crowns of aspens, birches, chestnuts, Douglas firs, elms and all other arboreal woody plants (8) |
| PROVENCE | Former province of SE France on the Mediterranean Sea (8) |
| ALICANTE | Province of SE Spain home to tourist hotspots including Benidorm and Calpe (8) |
| HUNAN | Province of SE China between the Yangtze River and the Nanling Mountains; capital, Changsha (5) |
| ALBACETE | Province of SE Spain whose cities include Villarrobledo and Almansa (8) |
| LEINSTER | Province of SE Ireland (8) |
| INCHOATE | Rudimentary travelling to China on back of horse (8) |
| LANZHOU | Capital of the province of Gansu in NW China, on the upper Yellow River (7) |
| HONGKONG | A special administrative region of China, on its south coast (4,4) |
| PANDACAM | How to watch Mei Xiang and Bei Bei |
| GRANTA | Name of the river constituting the upper reaches of the River Cam (6) |
| WUHAN | Capital of the Hubei province in SE China, located at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers (5) |
| TAURUS | Mountain range in southern Turkey that runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast. It extends along a curve from Lake Egridir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates River in the east. (6) |
| SANMENXIA | City in Henan, China on the southern bank of the Yellow River (9) |
