| MONACO | Sovereign principality located along the Mediterranean Sea in the midst of the resort area of the Cote d'Azur, or French Riviera. (6) |
| GAZASTRIP | Disputed coastal area along the Mediterranean Sea: 2 wds. |
| CAPECOD | A PC code especially created for resort area of the US (4,3) |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | Small principality located between Switzerland and Austria whose capital is Vaduz (13) |
| GLEE | 'In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and ..., He had softly and suddenly vanished away, For the Snark was a Boojum, you see' |
| GLEAM | In the midst of the struggle, am seeing a flash of light (5) |
| TRANSGRESS | Offend the Pole in the midst of the drunken strangers (10) |
| ONTHESPOT | In the midst of the action, Posh Spice, ultimately no model, wasted time (2,3,4) |
| AUCTION | Where you are in the midst of the action - especially if you raise your hand! (7) |
| APE | Gorilla in the midst of the five longest across answers |
| YUMA | Part of North America's Sonoran Desert. It lies south of the Gila River and east of the Colorado River in the extreme southwestern corner of Arizona. |
| RAYLEIGH | Lord -; title of the co-discoverer of argon who married Arthur James Balfour's sister Evelyn in 1871, the same year he explained why the sky is blue (8) |
| HOOVERDAM | Barrier in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the states of Nevada and Arizona (6,3) |
| GABBY | Sports presenter who is one of the co-presenters of BBC Sports Personality Of The Year, ___ Logan (5) |
| COSTA | A number of the co-stars go to a resort area in Spain (5) |
| BOZO | Ethnic group of Mali located along the Niger River (4) |
| ECORCHE | Reptile showing up in midst of the herd? Here's a way to show off your muscles! (7) |
| SOUTHRIM | On the left bank of the Colorado river, the most visited area of Grand Canyon National Park |
| LARRYDAVID | One of the co-creators of Seinfeld who also voiced George Steinbrenner on the show: 2 wds. |
| HILL | Social reformer who was one of the co-founders of the National Trust (4) |
