| SANCERRE | Medieval hilltop village in a canton of the same name along the Loire River (8) |
| SCHWYZ | Swiss town in a canton of the same name famous for Victorinox Swiss army knives and cherry blossom ( |
| GENEVA | Swiss city, capital of a canton of the same name (6) |
| TYWARDREATH | We initially had a place in Rattery, and then we moved to a small hilltop village near Par (11) |
| INDUS | One of the rivers from which Punjab derived its name, along which a Bronze Age civilisation of some five million people flourished (5) |
| BERN | World capital in a canton |
| LUBERON | Region in Provence esteemed for rural and mountain scenery of the Vaucluse hills and Mont Ventoux, hilltop villages, vineyards, lavender fields and orchards (7) |
| VERBASCUM | Vervain's lacking Eastern name, along with mullein |
| STGALLEN | A canton of North East Switzerland, on the Rhine, or its capital (2,6) |
| ROMANSCH | Group of dialects spoken in the canton of Grisons, an official language of Switzerland (8) |
| ESCARGOT | Barge's cargo took less delicacy along the Loire (8) |
| BADRAGAZ | Municipality in Switzerland, a spa and health resort in the canton of St. Gallen (3,5) |
| LAUSANNE | The capital and largest city of the Swiss canton of Vaud (8) |
| MAGGIORE | Second-largest lake in Italy, in Piedmont and Lombardy and the Swiss canton of Ticino (8) |
| EMMENTAL | Yellow Swiss medium-hard cheese, originating in the canton of Bern (8) |
| KLOSTERS | Ski resort in the Swiss canton of Graubunden (8) |
| OBERLAND | Alpine region of the Swiss canton of Bern (7,8) |
| APPENZELL | A canton in the northeast of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the canton of St Gallen |
| SAINTNAZAIRE | Town in Loire-Atlantique, northwest France, on the right bank of the Loire River estuary (5-7) |
| JUNGFRAU | Swiss mountain separating the cantons of Bern and Valais (8) |
