| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ARGE | Region | |
| ZONE | Region | |
| QUATER | Region | |
| AREA | Region | |
| TRACT | Region | |
| ICECAP | Frozen region | |
| POLE | Frozen region | |
| ZONED | Designated (region) | |
| MERSEYSIDE | Liverpool region | |
| ZONING | Classifying (region) | |
| FORESTED | Tree-covered (region) | |
| TUNDRA | Arctic region | |
| BACK | Dorsal region | |
| TYROL | Austrian region | |
| OCEANIA | Pacific region | |
| IBERIA | European region | |
| HOTSPOT | Crisis region | |
| ALPINE | Snowy (region) | |
| SIBERIA | Salt-mines region | |
| TUSCANY | Florence's region | |
| ARID | Desert (region) | |
| ZONES | Designates (region) | |
| CHIANTI | Tuscan region | |
| WESTINDIES | Caribbean region | |
| POLAR | Arctic (region) | |