| NINETY | Latitude, in degrees, of the North and South Pole (6) |
| INEQUALITY | Unevenness in degree of excellence around the east (10) |
| GRADE | Assort on merit in degree of rank |
| MAGNET | Device with a north and south pole (6) |
| TAURUS | Birth sign which spans the 30th-60th degrees of the zodiac (6) |
| FIRSTS | Honours degrees of the highest class (6) |
| TROPIC | Line of latitude in the warmer regions (6) |
| PANAMA | Be critical, to a degree, of the hat (6) |
| EQUATOR | Name the great circle of the Earth, equidistant from the North and South Poles |
| NYLONS | Stockings only put out in the north and south (6) |
| CENSUS | It counts the people making cues around the North and South (6) |
| STRAIT | Cook ..., expanse of water separating the North and South Islands (6) |
| MERIDIAN | Any of the imaginary lines joining the north and south poles at right angles to the equator |
| DATELINE | Imaginary division extending between the North and South Poles, the boundary between one calendar day and the next (4,4) |
| POLAR | Pertaining to the areas around the North and South Poles (5) |
| AURORA | Luminous phenomenon that occurs in high latitudes in both hemispheres; also known as the northern or southern lights |
| MONTROSE | Port in Angus, East Scotland, between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers (8) |
| BYRD | Richard E ___, US naval officer who claimed to be the first person to reach the North and South Poles by air (4) |
| AXIS | Imaginary line through the North and South Poles |
| LEEWAY | Latitude, in a general manner |
