| SAONEETLOIRE | Department of Western France named after two rivers (5-2-5) |
| MAINEETLOIRE | Department of Western France named after two rivers (5-2-5) |
| LOIRETCHER | Blois is the prefecture of this French department, named after two rivers which cross it |
| TYNEANDWEAR | English county named after two rivers |
| NIORT | Commune in the Deux-Sevres department of western France that was the birthplace of film director Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| VENDEE | Coastal department of western France (6) |
| CHARENTEMARITIME | Department of western France |
| MILTONKEYNES | Town in Buckinghamshire named after two economists (6,6) |
| GERS | A department of South West France, named after a tributary of the Garonne (4) |
| INDRE | A department of Central France, named after a river (5) |
| ANJOU | Historical province of western France, now part of the departement of Maine-et-Loire (5) |
| ELYSEE | - Palace; residence of the president of France, named after a neighbouring promenade (6) |
| MARENGO | War horse of Napoleon I of France, named after an 1800 battle |
| NANTES | Carrot cultivar with blunt-ended roots, named after a city of western France (6) |
| YONNE | Department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region of France named after a river that runs through it |
| SAINTOMER | Commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of France named after a man who brought Christianity to the area |
| LAROCHELLE | Port on Atlantic coast of western France (2,8) |
| BISCAY | Bay of Western France and Northern Spain |
| LORIENT | Fortified seaport in Bretagne region of western France (7) |
| CHOLET | Town of western France, known historically for its striped red handkerchiefs (6) |
