| PLAYINGCARDS | In German-speaking Switzerland, these may be bells, shields, roses or acorns |
| SPEEDWELL | Blue-flowered plant in the genus Veronica with a species considered to be a good luck charm for travellers; or, Acorn's friend in Watership Down (9) |
| NUTS | Pistachios or acorns |
| SEEDS | Buckeyes or acorns |
| PROSIT | A toast to someone's health used in German-speaking countries (6) |
| WIENERSCHNITZEL | Breaded dish popular in German-speaking lands (6,9) |
| GLUHWEIN | Red mulled alcoholic drink originally produced in German-speaking countries |
| DINNERFORONE | 1963 TV sketch starring Freddie Frinton, repeated every New Year's Eve in German-speaking countries |
| AUTOBAHNS | Expressways in German-speaking countries (9) |
| RATHAUS | Town hall in German-speaking country (7) |
| AUTOBAHN | A motorway in German-speaking countries |
| LUGANO | Town and lake in Italian-speaking Switzerland (6) |
| NEUCHATEL | Town, lake and canton in French-speaking Switzerland |
| PATCH | A plot for cabbages, roses or vegetables; a faux beauty spot; a cloth badge; a fool or jester; or, a piece of fabric for mending or quilting (5) |
| BED | Garden plot for vegetables or roses; or, a layer or stratum (3) |
| BEDS | Garden plots for roses or vegetables; kelp forests; layers of oysters or mussels; or, shakedowns, bunks, truckles, four-posters etc (4) |
| SUDETENLAND | Predominantly German speaking area of the old Czechoslovakia annexed by Hitler in 1938 (11) |
| SHERRY | German-speaking man in southern yard has fortified wine (6) |
| GENEVA | Largest city of French-speaking Switzerland (6) |
| CUCKOODETAT | Official bird of French-speaking Switzerland? |
