| AUVERGNE | Mountainous region of south central France (8) |
| CALABRIA | A mountainous region of South West Italy (8) |
| GEOFFROY | The one-word name for this French zoologist inspired the common name of a small cat, found in mountainous regions of South America. |
| GAUR | A species of dark-coated wild cattle, inhabiting mountainous regions of South Asia (4) |
| LIMOUSIN | Region of south central France that includes the tapestry centre of Aubusson (8) |
| LAMANCHA | Region of south-central Spain |
| CEVENNES | Mountain range in south central France on the south-east edge of the Massif Central (8) |
| MASSIF | ___ Central, upland area of south central France (6) |
| LIMOGES | Capital of the Haute-Vienne department of south central France, noted for its fine porcelain (7) |
| LYON | City of south-central France (4) |
| TYROLEAN | Native of picturesque mountainous region of western Austria (8) |
| PUY | ___ lentil, slate-green pulse with blue speckles of south-central France (3) |
| VICHY | Spa town of south-central France noted for its eponymous volcanic mineral water (5) |
| ACCENTOR | Sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia (8) |
| GOLKONDA | A ruined city of south-central India situated west of Hyderabad |
| TORABORA | Mountainous region of Afghanistan |
| ASHANTI | Administrative region of south central Ghana whose capital is Kumasi (7) |
| RIVER | First word of the name for a group of six species of primarily freshwater dolphins of south-central Asia, China, and South America and in the coastal waters of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. (5) |
| UMBRIA | Mountainous region of central Italy in the valley of the Tiber |
| BIGSUR | Mountainous region of the Central Coast of California (3,3) |
