| RHONEALPES | Region of E France rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the e |
| EVIAN | Water brand with the French Alps in its logo |
| APENNINES | Mountain range of central Italy extending from the Ligurian Alps in the north-west to the Strait of Messina in the south (9) |
| CEVENNES | Mountain range in south central France on the south-east edge of the Massif Central (8) |
| ARDECHE | River in south-central France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing 78 miles into the Rhone (7) |
| LOIRE | Longest river of France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing generally northwest to the Atlantic at St-Nazaire (5) |
| PIRATES | Sea bandits, as those who plagued the Mallorcan coast from Pollensa and Alcudia in the north-east to Soller and Andtratx in the west and south during the 16th and 17th centuries (7) |
| KAMCHATKA | Peninsula in far eastern Russia, lying between the Sea of Okhotsk on the west and the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea on the east. (9) |
| GARONNE | A river in Southwest France, rising in the central Pyrenees, flowing through the city of Bordeaux and into the Atlantic (7) |
| MAUTRHIN | Department in the Grand Est region of E France separated from Germany by the Rhine River (4-4) |
| ADOUR | River of south-west France, rising in the Pyrenees and flowing 200 miles into the Bay of Biscay (5) |
| ALLIER | French river rising in the Cevennes in the Massif Central to the Loire (6) |
| COLDWAR | The state of political hostility between the West and the Soviet Bloc after the Second World War (4,3) |
| DURANCE | A river in south-eastern France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhone (7) |
| PIAVE | River rising in the Carnic Alps in NE Italy which flows past Belluno to the Gulf of Venice (5) |
| CAUCASUS | This mountain system lies between the Black Sea (which is to its west) and the Caspian Sea (which is to its east). It reaches across parts of Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. (8) |
| CHER | French river rising in the Massif Central, flowing to the Loire (4) |
| INDIAN | & 4D Large body of water bordered by Africa in the west and Australia in the east (6,5) |
| CURTAIN | Iron ____, impenetrable barrier between the West and the ex-Soviet bloc in the Cold War (7) |
| SEINE | Second- longest river of France, rising 30 kilometres northwest of Dijon and emptying into the English Channel near Le Havre (5) |
