| TUSCAN | Relating to a region in central Italy (8,900 sq miles); pop about 4 million) (6) |
| GOOCH | Graham _, former Essex and England cricket captain who scored 8,900 Test runs during his career (5) |
| PUGLIA | A region of southern Italy, (7,474 sq miles; pop about 4 million) (6) |
| PANAMA | Country in Central America (29,199 sq miles; pop about 4 million), independent since 1903 (6) |
| OREGON | US state (96,981 sq miles; pop about 4 million), nicknamed the Beaver State (6) |
| BRETON | Relating to a region of north-west France (pop about 3 million) (6) |
| UMBRIA | Region in central Italy (3,265 sq miles; pop about 900,000) (6) |
| WESSEX | A Saxon kingdom giving its name to a region in Thomas Hardy's novels (6) |
| BALINESE | Pertaining to an island in south-east Asia (2,146 sq miles; pop about 4 million), a popular tourist destination (8) |
| ANDALUSIAN | Relating to a region in southern Spain (33,694 sq miles; pop about 7.5 million) (10) |
| UMBRIAN | Relating to a region in central Italy (7) |
| RHEINLAND | Area of western Germany (7,663 sq miles; pop about 4 million (9) |
| AIBERIA | Canadian province (255,541 sq miles; pop about 4 million (7) |
| ANCONA | Capital of Marche region in central Italy (6) |
| LEBANESE | Relating to a country in the Middle East (4,036 sq miles; pop about 4 milion) (8) |
| ARAGON | A newspaper assigned to a region of Spain (6) |
| YOKOHAMA | Large port city in Japan (pop about 4 million), founded in the 11th century (8) |
| BERLINER | Citizen of European capital city (pop about 4 million), founded in the 12th century (8) |
| TUSCANY | A region in central Italy, site of a cathedral with a dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi in its c |
| SARVAM | Indian artificial intelligence startup that raised two hundred thirty-four million dollars. (6) |
