| ACREFOOT | About 1,200 cubic metres |
| BRORA | Highland village (pop about 1,200), once the site of the UK'S most northerly coal-mine (5) |
| BARRA | A Hebridean island (22 sq miles; pop about 1,200) (5) |
| HUMIDITY | Amount of water vapour in the air, usually expressed in grams per cubic metre (8) |
| YOSEMITE | National Park in the Sierra Nevada with its Valley at 4,000 feet with sheer walls rising another 1,200 feet |
| MALDIVES | Country consisting of 1,200 islands |
| STERES | Units of volume (cubic metres) |
| HECTOSTERE | 100 cubic metres |
| LITER | Unit of volume equal to one cubic decimetre (0.001 cubic metre). From 1901 to 1964 the litre was defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water at 4 degreesC (39.2 degreesF) and standard atmosphe |
| STERE | Metric unit of volume for stacked timber equal to one cubic metre (approx. 35.3 cubic feet) (5) |
| STEREOS | A cubic metre - very large but sound equipment |
| POLLENCOUNT | Often quoted on weather forecasts, this is the measurement of the number of grains discharged from the male part of a flower, per cubic metre of air (6,5) |
| CUMEC | Unit of volumetric rate of flow, as through a pipe, equal to one cubic metre per second (5) |
| PELE | Brazilian footballer who scored more than 1,200 goals (4) |
| ALPS | Europe's largest mountain range, extending approximately 750 mi (1,200 km) across the continent (4) |
| AIDA | Verdi opera that has been performed almost 1,200 times at the Metropolitan Opera (4 letters) |
| CEN | 1,200 mos. |
| MCC | 1,200 , to Cato |
| NOME | Alaska city (over 1,200 kms. west of Dawson) |
| TANG | Chinese dynasty of 1,200 years ago |