| NAZAIRE | St. ___, port in France at the mouth of the River Loire (7) |
| SAINTNAZAIRE | Town in NW France at the mouth of the River Loire (5-7) |
| AGNES | St ___, port in Cornwall (5) |
| LEHAVRE | Port in France at the mouth of the River Seine (2,5) |
| AUPAIRS | They travel to work and learn in France at the Paris assembly (2,5) |
| ORLEANS | French city on the River Loire which houses a statue of Joan of Arc (7) |
| NANTES | Port in France at the head of the Loire estuary (6) |
| QUIMPER | Capital of the Finistere department in NW France, at the confluence of the Odet and Steir rivers (7) |
| AMBOISE | French town on the River Loire which houses a famous castle and prison (7) |
| BAYONNE | Seaport in Pyrenees-Atlantiques, southwest France, at the confluence of the Adour and Nive rivers (7) |
| 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. |
| CHAMONIX | Town and winter sports centre in France at the foot of Mont Blanc (8) |
| WHITNEY | The Hills star, ___ Port (7) |
| ICIEST | Here in France at the outset it's most cold (6) |
| AUTOMATON | My behaviour's thoughtless in France, at the fruit punch's core |
| CHER | River in central France which joins the River Loire below Tours (4) |
| HYANNIS | Kennedy compound location in Massachusetts, ___ Port |
| TOURS | Town in central France on the River Loire housing a Gothic cathedral (5) |
| ANJOU | Former province on the River Loire in western France (5) |
| HENRYTHEEIGHTH | English monarch who met Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 |