| AQUITAINE | Region of south-west France (15,984 sq miles; pop 3.5 million), bordering on the Bay of Biscay (9) |
| WESTBENGAL | Indian state of 90+ million bordering Bhutan |
| URUGUAYAN | Citizen of a South American country (72,172 sq miles; pop about 3.5 million), independent since 1828 (9) |
| EASTCOAST | Region of the US bordering on the Atlantic Ocean (4,5) |
| GASCONY | Region of south-west France between the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees (7) |
| LONGEVITY | Long life and laughter bordering on the lighthearted (9) |
| ADOUR | River of south-west France, rising in the Pyrenees and flowing 200 miles into the Bay of Biscay (5) |
| MEDOC | A fine red wine from a district of South West France on the left bank of the Gironde estuary (5) |
| SALERNO | City and province in the Campania region of south-west Italy, on a gulf of the same name (7) |
| GARONNE | River in south-west France, rising in the Pyrenees, and flowing 329 miles into the Bay of Biscay (7) |
| GERS | A department of South West France, named after a tributary of the Garonne (4) |
| MESOPOTAMIA | A region of south-west Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (11) |
| DORDOGNE | Department in Aquitaine region of south-west France (8) |
| ARMAGNAC | A distinctive brandy distilled in a region of South West France (8) |
| DJIBOUTI | Country in the Horn of Africa, bordering on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (8) |
| AZILIAN | What describes the Palaeolithic culture of south-west France and north-east Spain that existed about |
| ENTREDEUXMERS | Area of south-west France between the rivers Garonne and Dordogne, noted for its Bordeaux wines (5-4-4) |
| NORMANDY | Former region in northern France (11,547 sq miles; pop about 3.5 million) (8) |
| GRAVES | Light, usually white wine of a district of south-west France (6) |
| FIFE | Council area and historical county of Scotland, bordering on the North Sea between the Firths of Tay and Forth |
