| MAZAMA | Name of the volcano that became Crater Lake, the intensely blue lake located within a huge volcanic caldera in the Cascade Range, southwestern Oregon, U.S. (7) |
| KRAKATOA | Indonesian island, 1883 site of a huge volcanic eruption (8) |
| ETNA | Sicilian volcano that became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2013 (4) |
| INSET | Small map within a big map |
| OREGON | Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States, is in which state? (6) |
| POPO | Local name for the volcano that has been spewing ash on communities outside Mexico City |
| GENTIANS | Intensely blue flowers (8) |
| PARADISE | Heaven is located within a row of shops |
| INDOOR | Located within a building (6) |
| INSTORE | Located within a retail outlet (2,5) |
| INSIDE | Located within a building (6) |
| VIDETTE | BC... ___ Lake (Located in this nature area north of Kamloops is what monks regard as the 'Centre of the Universe') |
| SEA | A thalassic expanse known informally as the briny; a great wave; a large lake; the tide; turbulence or swell; a lunar mare; or, with the definite article, a sailor's maritime career (3) |
| QUITO | Capital of Ecuador, in the north on the eastern slopes of the volcano Pichincha (5) |
| MWERU | Freshwater lake located on the border between Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo. (5) |
| DAHOMEY | Former African kingdom located within the area of the present-day country of Benin (7) |
| SEELEY | IV town built on the bank of the now dead Blue Lake |
| RESEARCH | ____ and development or R&D, work of a department within a large company (8) |
| CHAD | Lake located in west-central Africa at the conjunction of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger (4) |
| INTERALSATIA | Located within the borders of a region of ancient France? |