| INDRE | Department in France named after a tributary of the Seine, whose capital is Chateauroux |
| GERS | A department of South West France, named after a tributary of the Garonne (4) |
| ESSONNE | Department in the Ile-de-France region named after a river which is a tributary of the Seine (7) |
| RISS | Named after a tributary of the Danube, the third stage of Alpine glaciation (4) |
| TICINO | Canton of Switzerland named after a tributary of the Po River (6) |
| DES | Iowa's capital named after a tributary of the Mississippi River, ... Moines |
| SAINTOMER | Commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of France named after a man who brought Christianity to the area |
| YONNE | Department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region of France named after a river that runs through it |
| ELYSEE | - Palace; residence of the president of France, named after a neighbouring promenade (6) |
| MARNE | French river that is a right tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris |
| ELOISE | Ms Mumford is with the Spanish on a tributary of the Seine (6) |
| AUBE | River in France, a tributary of the Seine (4) |
| PREFECT | Name given to any of various officials placed in authority over others, including a magistrate in ancient Rome, head of a department in France or a senior school pupil (7) |
| MARENGO | War horse of Napoleon I of France, named after an 1800 battle |
| DORDOGNE | Department in France which is the site of the Lascaux cave (8) |
| MARSEILLE | City in southern France, named European Capital of Culture in 2018 (9) |
| MUSEEDORSAY | Museum in Paris on the bank of the Seine that houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world: 2 wds. |
| OISE | Tributary of the Seine is written in Old English (4) |
| BLAISE | River in the Haute-Marne and Marne departements of northeastern France that is a tributary of the Marne |
| SOMME | River and department in France, known as the scene of an extended battle in the first world war (5) |
