| SWITZERLAND | Republic in West Europe made up of 26 cantons (11) |
| FRANCE | Republic in West Europe (6) |
| SWEDISHRYE | Type of bread that is popular in Europe, made from the grain of Secale cereale! (7,3) |
| SAAR | A river in West Europe, rising in the Vosges Mountains and flowing north to the Moselle River in Germany (4) |
| RHONE | River in west Europe (5) |
| NETHERLANDS | The ___, kingdom in North West Europe, on the North Sea (11) |
| BURKINAFASO | Inland republic in West Africa, formerly the Republic of Upper Volta (7,4) |
| SIERRALEONE | Republic in West Africa that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961 (6,5) |
| DEPARTMENTS | Cantons |
| FLANDERS | Historic region of north-west Europe, scene of prolonged battles in WWI (8) |
| ASHIYA | City which is the capital of one of the founding cantons of Switzerland (6) |
| BELGIUM | Country in north-west Europe (11,787 sq miles; pop about 12 million), a founding member of the EU (7) |
| PORTUGAL | A republic in South West Europe, on the Atlantic (8) |
| RHINE | River in Central and West Europe, rising in Switzerland (5) |
| LUSITANIA | A province of ancient Rome in south-west Europe (9) |
| ITALIANS | People of a large country in south-west Europe (pop 59 million) (8) |
| SWEDEN | Kingdom in north-west Europe occupying the eastern part of the Scandinavian peninsula (6) |
| LUCERNE | Lake in Switzerland also known as the Lake of the Four Cantons (7) |
| CONSONANT | Type of letter acceptable in varied cantons (9) |
| GAUL | An ancient region of West Europe corresponding to North Italy, France, Belgium, part of Germany and the South Netherlands (4) |
