| EASTBOURNE | Sussex seaside town which hosts an annual tennis toumament the week before Wimbledon (10) |
| VAIL | Colorado ski-resort town which hosts an independent film-makers festival |
| GSTAAD | Swiss ski resort that's hosted an annual tennis tournament since 1915 |
| SEED | Understand leading Democrat to be chosen toumament player (4) |
| SWIATEK | World No 1 female tennis player - before Wimbledon 2023 (3,7) |
| IGA | World No 1 female tennis player - before Wimbledon 2023 (3,7) |
| SWOONING | Feeling love for Carol holding court before Wimbledon final (8) |
| IVES | St -; Cornish seaside town which is home to the Leach Pottery and one of the Tate galleries (4) |
| YARMOUTH | Norfolk seaside town which straddles the River Yare, Great _ (8) |
| STRATHAVEN | Market town in the Avon Valley which hosts an annual balloon festival (10) |
| FRENCHOPEN | Annual tennis tournament played on clay |
| SUNFLOWERS | Van Gogh painting at London's National Gallery that climate activists doused with soup this week before gluing their hands to the wall |
| PALMSUNDAY | Feast commemorating Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem; celebrated a week before Easter (4,6) |
| AVIGNON | City on the Rhone which hosts an annual arts festival held in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes) (7) |
| LOCARNO | Town on the Swiss shore of Maggiore which hosts an annual camellia festival (7) |
| YUKON | With the capital Whitehorse, a Canadian territory which hosts an annual 1,000-mile sled dog race (5) |
| CANNES | French seaside resort which hosts an annual film festival (6) |
| WERE | Used to be at the beginning of the week before (4) |
| LEMANS | City in Sarthe, NW France, which hosts an annual motor race (2,4) |
| BREST | Naval port in Brittany which hosts an annual maritime festival (5) |
