| MANTUA | City in Lombardy, Italy, northeast of Parma surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes |
| SANTA | Residential town and resort in California, surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles (5,6) |
| MONICA | Residential town and resort in California, surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles (5,6) |
| ISLE | London peninsula surrounded on three sides by the River Thames, _ of Dogs (4) |
| DOGS | Isle of ---, a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames (4) |
| OFDOGS | A district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River |
| ISLEOFDOGS | District in the East End of London bounded on three sides by the River Thames |
| MOLDOVA | Landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered on three sides by Ukraine (7) |
| IMPERIA | Small port on the Gulf of Genoa in Italy NE of San Remo (7) |
| CREMONA | City in Lombardy, Italy on the River Po, noted for the manufacture of fine violins (7) |
| BERGAMO | Walled city in Lombardy, Italy to the northeast of Milan |
| RENO | City surrounded on two sides by Toiyabe National Forest |
| TRICORN | Hat with a brim turned up on three sides, worn especially by men in the 18th century (7) |
| BRESCIA | City in Lombardy, Italy west of Lake Garda (7) |
| MONZA | City in Lombardy, Italy, with a motor-racing circuit (5) |
| AMID | Surrounded on all sides by |
| EMILIAROMAGNA | Region of Italy which includes cities of Parma and Ferrara |
| STENDHAL | Pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, French author of novel The Charterhouse of Parma (8) |
| ITERATED | Repeated sort of treat that is surrounded on the day (8) |
| DAMS | Creators of artificial lakes |
