| PENNINES | The ---, range of hills separating North West and North East England (8) |
| THEMENDIPS | Informally, the range of hills in which Cheddar Gorge lies |
| DMZ | Buffer area separating North and South Korea, commonly |
| COOK | ___ Strait - narrow sea passage separating North and South Islands (4) |
| TWEENAWAY | We had a place in the North West, and then in Yate, before finally moving to this place on the outskirts of Paignton (9) |
| CASPIAN | Sea bordered by Russia to the north-west and Iran to the south (7) |
| NIECES | North West and Chicago West, to Kourtney Kardashian |
| TYNESIDE | Strange destiny of the East and North-East (8) |
| ARDENNES | Woody plateau of south-east Belgium, Luxembourg and north-east France (8) |
| PORRIDGE | Most of the wine from narrow range of hills is best consumed first thing in the morning (8) |
| REMUTAKA | Range of hills between Upper Hutt and Wairarapa (8) |
| CHEVIOTS | Range of hills on the England-Scotland border |
| CHILTERN | Range of hills whose highest point is Haddington Hill near Wendover, Buckinghamshire (8,5) |
| MALVERNS | Range of hills associated with Edward Elgar (8) |
| TEESSIDE | Industrial region in North East England (8) |
| LUXEMBOURG | Capital of the same-named tiny country bordered by Belgium on the west and north, France on the south, and Germany on the northeast and east (10) |
| YUCATAN | A northeastern projection of Central America, lying between the Gulf of Mexico to the west and north and the Caribbean Sea to the east. (7) |
| SPERRINS | Range of hills in Northern Ireland (8) |
| STAFFA | Small island of the Inner Hebrides west of Mull and north-east of Iona; site of Fingal's Cave (6) |
| MIRRORS | Sound ---, acoustic 'dishes' built on the South and North East English coast between about 1916 and the 1930s to warn of approaching enemy aircraft (7) |