| LAMANCHA | Plateau region of central Spain in which Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote 1605-15 |
| RIOJA | Wine region of Spain in which Tempranillo is the dominant grape (5) |
| MADRID | Capital of Spain in which the Prado art gallery is found |
| HIDALGO | Lower rank of the Spanish nobility, famously borne by the title character of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605-15) |
| ROSINANTE | Horse ridden by the titular hero of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605-15) (9) |
| SANCHO | Faithful and pragmatic squire to the titular protagonist of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605-15) (6,5) |
| PANZA | Faithful and pragmatic squire to the titular protagonist of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605-15) (6,5) |
| LOTHARIO | Anselmo's seductive friend in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (8) |
| ROCINANTE | '[D]istinguished and full-sounding' name given to his horse by Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (9) |
| MASSIFCENTRAL | Mountainous plateau region of S central France, occupying about one sixth of the country |
| CASTILE | Region of central Spain which was a separate kingdom until 1479 (7) |
| DULCINEA | Mistress of Don Quixote in a 17th-century novel by Miguel de Cervantes (8) |
| SANCHOPANZA | Manservant of Don Quixote in a 17th Century novel by Miguel de Cervantes (6,5) |
| MATOGROSSO | High plateau region of SW Brazil that forms a watershed between the Amazon and Rio de la Plata syste |
| MANCHA | La __: region of central Spain |
| MANOFLAMANCHA | Impossible Dream musical based on Cervantes Don Quixote (3,2,2,6) |
| OFLAMANCHA | Musical based on Cervantes' Don Quixote, Man ... (2,2,6) |
| NOVEL | Form of literature originating from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (5) |
| DONQUIXOTE | Novel by Miguel de Cervantes published in two parts in 1605 and 1615 (3,7) |
| RIGESTAN | Arid plateau region in southwestern Afghanistan largely made up of a sandy desert with ridges and small, isolated hills of red sand. (8) |
