Character from French pantomime with a whitened face, white costume and pointed hat

County known as "The Garden of England"4 Island nation adopting incredibly wise candidate for high office14 Web-footed bird5 Department of France whose capital is Mezieres8 Provider, wasting energy once, recycles paper the wrong way6 Haphazard6 Slovenian town that hosted the World Rowing Championships for the fourth time in 20114 Like a lazy, indolent slacker, say, given no slack over branch of philosophy10