| SUD | Opposite of nord in French |
| LILLE | Capital of the French region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| LIERNE | Wild region of Nord-Trondelag, Norway, on the border with Sweden (6) |
| ARMENTIERES | Town in Nord, N France that was site of battles in both World Wars (11) |
| DUNKIRK | English name for the port in Nord, France, that saw a mass evacuation of troops in 1940 (7) |
| HAITI | Where Nord, Nord-Est and Nord-Ouest are departments |
| CHIBOUGAMAU | City in the Nord-duQuebec region of La |
| TERRITOIRES | NWT's equivalent in French is TNO which means: ___ du Nord-Ouest |
| AISNE | River in France giving its name to a department in Nord-Pas-de-Calais Picardie (5) |
| RIOPELLE | Montreal-born painter Jean Paul of 1952-1953 oil on canvas Vent du Nord which sold for a record $6,250,000 CAD at auction in 2017 at Heffel |
| METROSTATION | Given a job afterwards, having bumped into them right at the start of October in Gare du Nord, perhaps? |
| COTE | ___-Nord (region of Quebec) |
| ODAL | Nord-___ (Municipality in Norway) |
| CBC | In certain areas it's called Radio Nord Quebec |
| ALDI | ___ Nord (sister company of Trader Joe's) |
| STOUTEST | Most robust porter is in Gard du Nord |
| VALENCIENNES | Town in Nord, France that is famous for its fine bobbin lace (12) |
| NUDE | Painting interior of Gare du Nord the wrong way round (4) |
| DORTMUND | Industrial city and inland port in Nord Rhine-Westphalia (8) |
| TEEINGAREA | What precedes U in eg Du Nord, a place from which to drive (6,4) |