| ROTORUA | City and spa resort on North Island, New Zealand noted for its geothermal activity (7) |
| PADSTOW | Resort on north coast of Cornwall (7) |
| ALLIER | Department in central France that includes the city and spa resort of Vichy (6) |
| TAURANGA | A port on North Island, New Zealand, on the Bay of Plenty (8) |
| AUCKLAND | Seaport on North Island, New Zealand that was capital of the country from 1840-65 (8) |
| HOTSPRINGS | *Arkansas resort known for its geothermal waters |
| GISBORNE | Port on E North Island, New Zealand, on Poverty Bay (8) |
| NAPIER | City in North Island, New Zealand housing McLean Park Test cricket ground (6) |
| BAYOFPLENTY | Large bay of the Pacific on the N.E. coast of North Island, New Zealand (3,2,6) |
| AIXLACHAPELLE | French name for Aachen, a German city and spa (3-2-8) |
| AACHEN | German city and spa for which the French name is Aix-la-Chapelle |
| NOTORNIS | New Zealand bird never otherwise found on North Island |
| WHANGAREI | Northernmost city of North Island, New Zealand (9) |
| EGMONT | ? National Park, area in North Island, New Zealand housing dormant volcano Mount Taranaki (6) |
| SARATOGASPRINGS | Upstate New York city and spa |
| ECHOPRAXIA | Regressive Provence city and spa are about to cut irrational copying |
| AIXENPROVENCE | City and spa in S.E. France which was the medieval capital of Provence (3-2-8) |
| HYDROGEN | Spa resort information on light gas (8) |
| ISCHIA | One's mate missing out on North Island (6) |
| ICENI | Country losing territory on North Island to old Britons (5) |
