| GREATBEARRAINFOREST | Vast terrain of temperate growth in British Columbia where the rare Kermode (the province's provincial mammal) is found: 3 wds. |
| FLYFISHINGROD | Located in Houston in British Columbia where there's lots of Steelhead in the Morice River, this giant roadside attraction is of a what?: 3 wds. |
| MONASTERY | Where #38-Down is on until June 27, 2015, in the St. Norbert area of Winnipeg: Trappist ___ Provinci |
| TELKWA | British Columbia: 'Where Rivers Meets & Friends Gather' village situated where its namesake river meets with the bulkley River |
| BEARPAW | The ___ Formation (Where the rare organic gemstone Ammolite is mined in southern Alberta) |
| ESSEX | County, site of Tiptree where the rare "Little Scarlet" strawberries grow (5) |
| BOCAGE | Terrain of mixed woodland and pasture, some of which slowed the progress of Allied forces in Operation Overlord |
| SPIRITBEAR | British Columbia's provincial mammal also known as the Kermode: 2 wds. |
| PRIMROSE | Native British woodland plant with rosettes of yellow or cream petals; county flower of Devon, food of the caterpillars of the rare Duke of Burgundy butterfly (8) |
| ROCKYIO | 1979 sports sequel that, with an alternate ending, shows the rough terrain of one of Jupiter's moons |
| SKATE | Any large ray of the family Rajidae, of temperate and tropical seas, especially the common Dipturus batis (5) |
| VERNE | Author of Around the World in Eighty Days whose novel The Green Ray is named after the rare optical phenomenon of the same name (5) |
| BUSHVELD | A subtropical terrain of thick scrubby trees in South Africa (8) |
| YEALM | The old charity almost provides a bundle for shelter in the provinces |
| NOVASCOTIA | From the Latin meaning "New Scotland", one of the provinces forming Canada (4,6) |
| TRANSVAAL | One of the provinces of South Africa from 1910 until 1994 |
| TOUR | Spell of duty on which the actors are doing the provinces (4) |
| TALEGGIO | Italian cheese named after an Alpine valley in Lombardy split between the provinces of Bergamo and Lecco |
| LIGURIA | Third-smallest region of Italy, comprising the provinces of Genoa, Imperia, La Spezia and Savona (7) |
| ANDALUSIA | Region of southern Spain which includes the provinces of Cadiz, Cordoba, Granada, Malaga and Seville (9) |
