| CANTABRIAN | Of the region of northern Spain whose capital is Santander (10) |
| NAVARRE | Region of northern Spain whose capital is Pamplona (7) |
| MILAN | It is the capital of the region of Lombardy (Lombardia) in northern Italy. It is a leading financial centre and the most prosperous manufacturing and commercial city of Italy. In The Tempest (act 1, s |
| LOCHLOMOND | Celebrated in a folk song and forming part of the region that contains the Great Trossachs Forest, the largest freshwater lake in Scotland by surface area (4,6) |
| CATALONIA | Region of Spain whose capital is Barcelona (9) |
| ASTURIAS | Autonomous community of NW Spain whose capital is Oviedo (8) |
| OVIEDO | City in northwestern Spain that is capital of the region of Asturias (6) |
| PIQUILLO | Sweet red pepper variety of northern Spain whose name means ' little beak' (8) |
| ANDALUSIA | Autonomous community in S Spain whose capital is Seville (9) |
| JENKINSEAR | Conflict between Great Britain and Spain whose name derives from a British sea captain allegedly injured by Spanish coast guards searching his ship (3,2,7,3) |
| FLORENCE | The capital city of the region of Tuscany in Central Italy (8) |
| GENOA | Capital of the region of Liguria, northern Italy (5) |
| ROUEN | Port city on the River Seine in NW France, capital of the region of Normandy (5) |
| BRETON | Native of the region of France in the north-west corner (6) |
| NAMUR | Capital of the region of Wallonia in southern Belgium (5) |
| CASTILE | Historical region of Spain whose capital was Burgos |
| RENNES | Prefecture of the region of Brittany (6) |
| FOCUS | Get a clear picture of the region of greatest activity (5) |
| BAOTOU | Largest city of Inner Mongolia by urban population, located on the north bank of the Yellow River, west of the region's capital Hohhot (6) |
| RIOJA | La ___; autonomous region of northern Spain, capital, Logrono (5) |
