| STBERNARD | Large dog of Italy and Switzerland originally kept as a search and rescue animal (2,7) |
| FLARE | Aid for a search-and-rescue team |
| HIBERNATES | Around capitals of Italy and Switzerland, deeply dislikes winters (10) |
| STAGHOUND | Large dog of a breed used for hunting deer (9) |
| PAWPATROL | Animated team of search and rescue dogs pictured in box A (3,6) |
| FANNEDOUT | Dispersed. as a search party |
| SARGASSUM | Floating algae fumes interrupt search and rescue: an additional problem (9) |
| CORMORANT | CH-149 ___ (RCAF search & rescue helicopter); or, Large fish loving seabird |
| SAINTBERNARD | Very large dog of a breed originally kept to rescue travellers in the Alps (5,7) |
| LAKEMAGGIORE | Large body of water on the south side of the Alps, shared between Italy and Switzerland (4,8) |
| COMMUNE | Smallest administrative unit in Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland, governed by a mayor and council (7) |
| ALPS | Mountain range that includes parts of France, Italy and Switzerland (4) |
| SAVOY | Historical territory now shared between France, Italy and Switzerland; Stockport's ___ Cinema, a luxury boutique cinema (5) |
| MATTERHORN | A mountain on the border between Italy and Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps (10) |
| ADOPT | Take in, as a rescue animal |
| ITALIAN | Official language of Italy and one of Switzerland's (7) |
| ADRIATIC | Which sea lies between the eastern coast of Italy and the western coast of the Balkan Peninsula? (8) |
| MALTA | Island country in the Mediterranean Sea south of Italy and north of Libya (5) |
| RNLI | Abbreviation of a sea search-and-rescue service with boats stationed at coastal points including Barry Docks, Clovelly Quay and Trearddur Bay (1,1,1,1) |
| SARGASSOSEA | Search and rescue by operations leader into nasty gasses across large part of the North Atlantic (8,3) |
