| BAYONNE | Seaport in Pyrenees-Atlantiques, southwest France, at the confluence of the Adour and Nive rivers |
| QUIMPER | Capital of the Finistere department in NW France, at the confluence of the Odet and Steir rivers (7) |
| DAX | Spa on the Adour |
| LYON | City of SE France, at the confluence of the Saone and Rhone |
| STET | It stands (3 sing. subj.), vides ut alta ____ nive candidum Soracte, Horace C.1.9.1-2 |
| PAU | Commune on the northern edge of the Pyrenees, capital of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departement of France |
| PERCIVALMOLSON | Honoured Member of Canada's Sports hall of Fame killed in WWI in France at the age of 36. The Alouettes' home field is named in his honour: 2 wds. |
| AQUITAINE | Historical region of France which comprised the departments of Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and Pyrenees-Atlantiques (9) |
| HENRYTHEEIGHTH | English monarch who met Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 |
| LEHAVRE | Seaport in N. France at the mouth of the Seine (2,5) |
| GARONNE | A river in Southwest France, rising in the central Pyrenees, flowing through the city of Bordeaux and into the Atlantic (7) |
| NAZAIRE | St. ___, port in France at the mouth of the River Loire (7) |
| NANTES | Port in France at the head of the Loire estuary (6) |
| CLEMENCEAU | Who was the prime minister of France at the end of World War I? (10) |
| SAINTNAZAIRE | Town in NW France at the mouth of the River Loire (5-7) |
| CHAMONIX | Town and winter sports centre in France at the foot of Mont Blanc (8) |
| ARMAGNAC | Type of brandy produced in the region of the same name in Gascony, southwest France (8) |
| AUPAIRS | They travel to work and learn in France at the Paris assembly (2,5) |
| EGAN | ____ Bernal, Colombian cyclist who won the 2019 Tour de France at the age of 22 (4) |
| HANDBALL | Seven-a-side sport won by France at the 2020 Olympics by both the men's and women's teams |
