| LUGANO | City in Ticino, southern Switzerland, near the Italian border |
| PILATUS | Mountain in Switzerland near Lucerne (7) |
| ISERE | French river whose source is in the Graian Alps, near the Italian border |
| COMO | Lakeside city near the Italian border with Switzerland |
| LOCARNO | Tourist resort in Ticino, Switzerland, at the northern end of Lake Maggiore |
| PROVENCE | Historic region of France, between the Italian border and the River Rhone (8) |
| MENTON | Resort on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border, nicknamed 'la perle de la France' |
| MARITIMEALPS | Mountain range on the French-Italian border near the Mediterranean Sea (8,4) |
| APRILFOOL | The 1957 Panorama news report on the spaghetti harvest in Switzerland's Ticino canton was an example of this |
| MAGGIORE | Lake in Italy is formed by the Ticino River and lies partly in Switzerland (8) |
| ZERMATT | Mountaineering and ski resort in southern Switzerland lying below the Matterhorn (7) |
| TRIESTE | City on the Slovenian/Italian border (7) |
| PAVIA | City on the Ticino River |
| TICINO | Canton in southern Switzerland, capital Bellinzona (6) |
| SPEECH | Talk to an audience in southern Switzerland about nobleman ignoring rule (6) |
| STENCH | Number in southern Switzerland creating foul smell (6) |
| PUTSCH | Uprising in southern Switzerland after initially posting utopian tract (6) |
| SCORCH | Char found French horn in southern Switzerland (6) |
| MONACO | Principality located near the French-Italian border that levies no income tax on its citizens (6) |
| MONTBLANC | Highest mountain in western Europe at 4805m, on the French-Italian border (4,5) |
