| MTKINABALU | Abbreviated name of the highest peak in Borneo and Malaysia (2,8) |
| KINABALU | Mountain in Malaysia, the highest peak in Borneo (8) |
| MTCOOK | Abbreviated name of the highest peak in New Zealand, Aoraki, where Edmund Hillary developed his clim |
| BROCKEN | Name of the highest peak of the Harz mountain range (7) |
| ORANGUTAN | Ape with red hair found in Borneo and Sumatra (9) |
| SNOWDONIA | National park in Gwynedd, site of the highest peak in Wales (9) |
| IPPON | Name of the highest score awarded in judo, karate and kendo (5) |
| CELEBESSEA | The part of the Pacific Ocean between Sulawesi, Borneo and Mindanao |
| EASTINDIES | I sent a side to play in Borneo etc (4,6) |
| NOTTS | Abbreviated name of the county famous for the legends of Robin Hood and as the site of Sherwood Fore |
| ANZACS | Abbreviated name of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps volunteers who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign, honoured in a national day of remembrance annually on April 25 (6) |
| LNER | Abbreviated name of the second largest of the 'Big Four' railway companies created by the Railways Act of 1921 in Britain |
| STCROIX | The abbreviated name of the largest of the US Virgin Islands (2,5) |
| SABAH | State of Malaysia, occupying the northern part of Borneo and numerous offshore islands in the South China and Sulu Seas (5) |
| SULUSEA | Arm of the W Pacific encircled by the NE coast of Borneo and the western islands of the Philippines (4,3) |
| GLOS | Abbreviated name of the Cotswolds county where of Bourtonon-the-Water, Bibury, Cirencester, Stroud and Tewkesbury are located (4) |
| OXON | Abbreviated name of the county in which Bicester and Didcot are located (4) |
| LASCALA | Abbreviated name of the opera house in Milan where Bellini, Puccini, Verdi and other composers first had their works performed (2,5) |
| NASA | Abbreviated name of the agency that implemented the Apollo missions that landed men on the Moon (1,1,1,1) |
| XMAS | The Greek letter Chi is used as a symbol in this abbreviated name of the Christian festive season |
