|  | NOREEN | "A World the Color of Salt" author Ayres | 
|  | BLACKBIRD | They were taken to Australia and New Zealand in the 19th century. The female of this species makes a nest of plant stems, grass, twigs, and roots in the shape of a cup. In the New World, the name of t | 
|  | CHINA | Structure that is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Wall of ... | 
|  | ISHIGURO | Author of seven novels including An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go (8) | 
|  | TIVOLI | Hadrian's Villa, built in the 2nd century CE at this Italian city, is considered the epitome in architecture of the opulence and elegance of the Roman world. The villa, also known as Villa Adriana, wa | 
|  | BEACH | Apparently Ava Gardner never said that Melbourne was the ideal place to make a film about the end of the world; the film she was making there in 1959 was On The ... | 
|  | SAVAGE | 18th century concept of a person of 'original' virtue, uncorrupted by the ills of industrial world; the noble ... | 
|  | COLOSSUS | Name one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the ... of Rhodes (8) | 
|  | KARIBA | One of the largest in the world, the ... Dam is located in the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe | 
|  | EDSA | The avenue in Manila (Philippines) which made concrete before the world the Filipinos' people power that led to the fall of Marcos from power | 
|  | SKYE | You go over the sea to this Scottish island on the largest cantilever bridge in the world - the bonnie boat service closed when the bridge opened in 1995 | 
|  | DOCTORWHO | He's back to the TV he never really left, if you include the endless repeats on channels around the world - the Tardis time traveller with the scarf! (6,3) | 
|  | OXFORD | The oldest university in the English-speaking world, the University of _ (6) | 
|  | OCTAGON | In most parts of the world, the road sign warning you to stop is this shape (it's a triangle in Japa | 
|  | EVEREST | "Top of the World" - the day before break (7) | 
|  | OFBABYLON | Mesopotamian wonder of the ancient world, the Hanging Gardens ... (2,7) | 
|  | TANIQUETIL | In Tolkien's fictional world, the highest peak of the Pelori mountains | 
|  | ROCKING | - horse; toy animal such as any one of the dapple greys made by F. H. Ayres or J. Collinson, a favourite of Queen Victoria and more collectable with a tongue (7) | 
|  | REGISTER | 19th century invention by James Ritty, this device to record and protect a shop's takings was adopted around the world; the cash ... | 
|  | AMAZING | Reality TV show in which pairs of contestants try to beat each other to destinations around the world, The ... Race |