| LYONNAIS | Former province of east central France now divided into the Rhone and Loire departments |
| HUBEI | Province of east central China ('north of the lake') whose capital city is Wuhan (5) |
| LORRAINE | A region and former province of East France, the German name for which is Lothringen (8) |
| GHENT | Capital of the province of East Flanders in NE Belgium, at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys (5) |
| ARDECHE | River in south-central France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing 78 miles into the Rhone (7) |
| ANJOU | Historical province of western France, now part of the departement of Maine-et-Loire (5) |
| ARGO | Ptolemaic constellation that is now divided into Carina (the keel), Puppis (the poop deck) and Vela |
| DYFED | Former (1974-1996) county of SW Wales now divided into Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire (5) |
| LYONS | Which city in France is situated at the confluence of the Rhone and Saone Rivers? (5) |
| LYON | City located at the confluence of the Rhone and the Saone. (4) |
| DAKOTA | Former US territory, now divided into North and South states (6) |
| ETIENNE | Saint- ---, city in East Central France in the Loire department (7) |
| AVIGNON | Situated on the left bank of the Rhone and known for a children's song about a bridge, a historic capital of Provence (7) |
| SAUVIGNON | --- Blanc, a white grape grown in the Bordeaux and Loire regions of France, New Zealand, and elsewhere (9) |
| DURANCE | A river in south-eastern France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhone (7) |
| TIMOR | Largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands, now divided between Indonesia and an independent former colony of Portugal |
| MACON | Capital of the Saone-et-loire department of central France (5) |
| STETIENNE | The capital of France’s Loire department, a former major centre of coal-mining |
| NYIRAGONGO | Active volcano in the Virunga Mountains of east-central Africa. In 2002 the city of Goma was largely destroyed by its lava, leaving more than 100,000 people homeless and creating a refugee crisis. (10 |
| FIFE | A council area of east central Scotland, bordering the North Sea between the Firths of Tay and Forth (4) |
