| LEVANT | Former name for an area in the Middle East, including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel (6) |
| FERTILECRESCENT | Sickle-shaped region in the Middle East including modern-day Jordan and Iraq (7,8) |
| GOLAN | Plateau on the borders of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, the ... Heights (5) |
| SEMITE | One of the people of Middle East including the Arabs and Jews |
| EMISSIONZONE | ULEZ, acronym meaning Ultra Low _____, for an area in London to tackle pollution (8,4) |
| VINCENT | Old name for an area that includes parts of the French regions of Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrenees (7) |
| ROCKALL | Rocky islet in the North Atlantic - and an area in the Shipping Forecast (7) |
| WEALD | Remap Danelaw excluding an area in the south-east (5) |
| CHINATOWN | Informal name for an area near Haymarket (beginning with a 1 across) (9) |
| CANADA | Not a gentleman to hold an area in the country |
| BRERETON | District of Cheshire East, including ___ Heath, Smethwick Green and Davenport; notable landmarks include ___ Hall, a Grade I listed Elizabethan house, and The Bear's Head pub on ___ Green (8) |
| DEADSEA | Salt lake bordered by Jordan and Israel (4,3) |
| PALESTINE | Jordan and Israel, once |
| SYRIA | Country bordering Jordan and Israel (5) |
| ANGLIA | ____ Television, former name for an ITV franchise company with headquarters in Norwich (6) |
| INSIDE | The area in the middle of Ide is top notch, but extortionate (6) |
| MACULA | Oval-shaped pigmented area in the centre of the retina of the eye (6) |
| RIALTO | An area in Venice, the business centre of the city in medieval and renaissance times (6) |
| UPLAND | You heard duke accepting detailed scheme for an area of high ground (6) |
| GHETTO | An area in a European city in which Jews were formerly required to live. originally used in Venice (6) |
