| NANGAPARBAT | Mountain of N.W. Kashmir in the W. Himalayas (5,6) |
| SRINAGAR | Largest city and summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, in the Kashmir Valley (8) |
| CURIA | About to include part of Kashmir in the assembly (5) |
| AOUDAD | Species of goat-antelope of rocky mountains of N Africa also called the Barbary sheep (6) |
| GUAM | Largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the W Pacific, and the westernmost territory of the United States (4) |
| ASTURIAS | Region and former kingdom of N.W. Spain isolated from the rest of the country by the Cantabrian mountains (8) |
| MENAI | The - Strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of N.W. Wales (5) |
| WHITESEA | Inlet of the Barents Sea on the coast of N.W. Russia (5,3) |
| ARACHNOPHOBIA | Afraid of getting caught up in the w.w.w.? (13) |
| ANDRE | ___ the Giant, first inductee in the W.W.E. Hall of Fame |
| USHANT | Island off the coast of N.W. France, scene of naval battles in 1778 & 1794 (6) |
| BRITTANY | Region of N. W. France which includes the department of Finistere (8) |
| HOLSTEIN | Region of N.W. Germany which became a duchy of Denmark in 1474 (8) |
| CUMBRIA | County of N.W. England which includes the former county of Westmorland (7) |
| GALICIA | Autonomous region of N.W. Spain which includes the province of Lugo (7) |
| LIGURIA | Region of N.W. Italy which includes the province of Genoa (7) |
| BASQUE | Member of a people living in the W Pyrenees in France and Spain (6) |
| MRT | Actor honored in the W.W.E. Hall of Fame |
| JAMMU | It merged with Kashmir in 1846 |
| SPANISHSAHARA | Former name, until 1975, of the Western Sahara region of N.W. Africa (7,6) |