| CEVENNES | French mountain range in the south of the Massif Central rising to its highest point at Mont Lozere (8) |
| URBANIZE | Take rural character from heart of Lozere to meet Pope |
| ALPS | Rising some 15,776 ft to its highest peak at Mont Blanc and also containing the Matterhorn, the highest mountain system entirely in Europe (4) |
| RHONEALPES | Region of E France rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the e |
| ANNAPURNA | - I; rising to its highest point at 26,545 ft, a massif and ultra-prominent peak in the Himalayas which is one of the 14 eight-thousanders (9) |
| CRANBORNE | Chase; rising to its highest point at Win Green, an AONB forming part of the West Wiltshire Downs (9) |
| EXMOOR | National Park with sections in both Somerset and Devon, rising to its highest point at Dunkery Beaco |
| ALLIER | French river rising in the Cevennes in the Massif Central to the Loire (6) |
| PYRENEES | Rising 11,168ft to its highest point at Pico d'Aneto, a range of mountains forming a natural border between France and Spain (8) |
| ARDECHE | River in south-central France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing 78 miles into the Rhone (7) |
| LOIRE | Longest river of France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing generally northwest to the Atlantic at St-Nazaire (5) |
| URALS | The -; rising to its highest peak at Mount Narodnaya, the short name for a range forming a natural b |
| CHER | French river rising in the Massif Central, flowing to the Loire (4) |
| INCOMETAX | In 1939 in Britain, this levy was raised to its highest ever figure of 7/6d in the pound (6,3) |
| SICILY | With the capital Palermo and highest point at Mount Etna, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (6) |
| STETIENNE | French city in the Massif Central |
| PUYDESANCY | Highest peak in the Massif Central, France (3,2,5) |
| VOSGES | French mountain range, west of the Rhine (6) |
| OLAN | Mountain in the Massif des Ecrins in the French Alps |
| ENCHAIN | Hold captive in French mountain range |
