| VINLAND | Coastal region of North America visited by Leif Ericsson and other Vikings from about 1000 AD, named from the number of grapes growing there (7) |
| COSTABRAVA | A coastal region of North East Spain along the Mediterranean (5,5) |
| SWEDEN | Home of Ericsson and Electrolux |
| DARK | Period from the fall of Rome to about 1000 AD (4,4) |
| AGES | Period from the fall of Rome to about 1000 AD (4,4) |
| DARKAGES | Period from about the late 5th century to about 1000 AD |
| VIKINGSEAFARER | Leif Ericsson, for example, who explored the ancient-eastcoast-of-canada region known as Vinland a thousand years ago: 2 wds. |
| GREATPLAINS | A vast region of North America east of the Rocky Mountains (5,6) |
| MANITOBA | Last part of contingent departed in frenzy for region of North America (8) |
| ARCTICFOX | Vulpex lagopus, native to tundra and mountain regions of North America and Eurasia (6,3) |
| TRILLIUM | Genus of spring ephemeral perennials, native to temperate regions of North America and Asia |
| MARKLAND | Was Labrador known to Norse seafarer Leif Ericsson by this name? |
| ESKIMOS | Natives of Greenland and the Arctic regions of North America (7) |
| PIKA | Rabbit-like mammal with short round ears, living in the mountainous regions of North America and Asia (4) |
| SAGEBRUSH | Aromatic plant of the genus Artemisia that grows in arid regions of North America (9) |
| CARIBOU | Large deer of Arctic regions of North America also called a reindeer (7) |
| INUIT | Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (5) |
| RIVIERA | Part of the Mediterranean coastal region of SE France and NW Italy, extending from Cannes to La Spezia (7) |
| ENDERBYLAND | Coastal region of NE Antarctica discovered by English navigator John Biscoe in 1831 and claimed by Australia since 1933 (7,4) |
| ALGARVE | With definite article, name of a coastal region of Portugal that is one of the sunniest parts of Europe (7) |
