| CEVENNES | National park in southern France established in 1970 (8) |
| LEGION | ____ of Honour, highest order of merit in France, established in 1802 (6) |
| DOWNS | South ---, national park in southern England (5) |
| ZION | National Park in southern Utah |
| GREATOTWAY | National park in southern Victoria (5,5) |
| PROVENCAL | Language in France established by craftsmen and labourers, originally |
| EPA | Org. that was established in 1970 by Nixon |
| VISIGOTH | Ancient settler in southern France and in Spain (8) |
| CAMARGUE | Delta region in southern France (8) |
| MISTRALS | Cold dry north-east winds in southern France (8) |
| NARBONNE | Town in southern France (pop about 56,000), with a Gothic cathedral (8) |
| TOULOUSE | City in southern France (8) |
| PETANQUE | Boules in southern France |
| CONEYISLAND | Seaside resort and area of amusement parks in southern Brooklyn, New York City |
| CONEY | Seaside resort and area of amusement parks in southern Brooklyn, New York City (5,6) |
| ISLAND | Seaside resort and area of amusement parks in southern Brooklyn, New York City (5,6) |
| CATHARS | Christian religious sect in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries (7) |
| TARN | A river in southern France; a lake in northern England |
| MARSEILLE | City in southern France, named European Capital of Culture in 2018 (9) |
| AIXENPROVENCE | City in southern France, birthplace of Paul Cezanne (3,2,8) |
