| BRETAGNE | French name for the historic and modern region of Brittany (8) |
| HERZEGOVINA | Historic and modern region of SE Europe whose chief and largest city is Mostar (11) |
| RENNES | Prefecture of the region of Brittany (6) |
| PROVENCE | Historic and cultural region of southern France whose largest city is Marseille (8) |
| DIPAVALI | French name for the Hindu Festival of Lights (8) |
| AGRICOLA | Exotic, unopened cigar with soft drink for the historic general (8) |
| ESTRAGON | French name for the herb tarragon; character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot (8) |
| LAMANCHE | The French name for the English Channel (2,6) |
| BAEDEKER | German publisher who established a series of namesake red travel guidebooks, including a Great Britain edition that helped the Luftwaffe raid five historic and culturally significant English cities in |
| FEZZAN | Name for the historic region of northern Africa and until 1963 one of the three provinces of the United Kingdom of Libya. It is part of 17 Across and now constitutes the southwestern sector of Libya. |
| ARMORIAL | Sort of bearing left, after coming initially out of Brittany once |
| DANZIG | German name for the historic port of Gdansk (6) |
| THEMEARNS | Alternative name for the historic county of Kincardineshire (3,6) |
| AURIGNY | French name for the island of Alderney, shared with the flag carrier airline of the Bailiwick of Guernsey (7) |
| TAS | What is the abbreviation of the French name for the Court of Arbitration for Sport? (1,1,1) |
| ILESSOUSLEVENT | What is the French name for the section of French Polynesia known in English as the Leeward Islands? |
| AIXLACHAPELLE | The French name for the city of Aachen (3-2-8) |
| SERCQ | What is the French name for the small island in the English Channel, a royal fief, with its own laws based on Norman law and its own parliament? (5) |
| MEDINA | Term for the historic quarter of many North African cities (6) |
| GEORGESENESCO | French name for the Romanian composer, violinist and conductor featured on the Romanian five lei note |
