| DIGNE | Town in Provence |
| ARLES | Town in Provence (5) |
| ASTERIX | Gallic hero, mostly grim-faced, enters town in Provence |
| ORANGE | A fruit; a town in Provence, not part of France until 1713 |
| ADIEU | Vale in Provence long swathed in gold |
| MAS | Restricted service in house in Provence (3) |
| ANNEXE | A wing and a kiss in a year in Provence (6) |
| HOUSED | Given somewhere to live in Provence, where sheltering in untidy shed (6) |
| CEZANNE | Post-Impressionist artist born in Provence in 1839 whose paintings Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier and |
| CHARLES | French king in church near city in Provence |
| JUNE | In Provence I will reserve a few weeks in early summer |
| THAW | Actor who starred in television series including Home to Roost, Inspector Morse and an adaptation of Peter Mayle's memoir A Year in Provence (4) |
| SIRVENTE | Poem in stanza form written by troubadours in Provence that satirised moral or political matters |
| OARLESS | Old city in Provence succeeded in being stuck up s**t creek? (7) |
| MAYLE | Peter, author of A Year in Provence, has month in spring with the French (5) |
| FARANDOLE | Lively dance in 6/8 time that originated in Provence (9) |
| VANGOGH | Dutch artist who painted fruit orchards in blossom, haystacks and wheat fields in Provence, starry skies, irises, sunflowers, olive trees and cypresses (3,4) |
| CATHAR | Member of a Christian sect in Provence in the 12c and 13c who believed the material world was evil (6) |
| AYEAR | "___ in Provence" (Mayle) |
| YEAR | 'A ___ in Provence' (Peter Mayle bestseller) |
