| MOUNTKENYA | Africa's second-highest peak, which shares its name with one of the five countries recently elected to the U.N. Security Council; the other four are in the other theme entries |
| STAN | End of the name of each of the five countries in Central Asia |
| LOGAN | Mount ___ (Canada's highest peak which is in the Yukon) |
| THIMBU | The capital of Bhutan, one the five countries on the Himalayas (6) |
| SLOTH | Animal that shares its name with one of the seven deadly sins (5) |
| VOLKSWAGENDASHER | 1970s auto that shares part of its name with one of Santa's reindeer |
| BOWLER | Style of hat that shares its name with one of a cricket team's fielders (6) |
| MTKENYA | Africa's second highest peak |
| KENYA | Mount ___, Africa's second-highest peak |
| AURES | This mountain range is part of the Atlas Mountains in northeastern Algeria, fronted by rugged cliffs in the north. Its highest peaks, which are snowcapped during winter, include Mount Chelia and Mount |
| ASPEN | Variety of poplar tree which shares its name with a ski resort in Colorado (5) |
| SCANDIUM | Metal with atomic number 21 which shares its name with a Northern European region (8) |
| AGNES | Variety of rugosa rose which shares its name with an Anne Bronte heroine (5) |
| LARGO | Musical tempo that shares a name with one of the Florida Keys |
| CHEDDAR | Smooth, hard, yellow or whitish cheese which shares its name with a North Somerset village (7) |
| CALYPSO | Caribbean music style which shares its name with an islanddwelling nymph who beguiled Odysseus for several years (7) |
| VOGUE | Madonna hit which shares its name with an international fashion magazine (5) |
| HITACHH | Former province of Japan which shares it's name with a multinational corporation (7) |
| CRANE | Wading bird such as a demoiselle, which shares its name with a davit, derrick, hoist or other lifting device (5) |
| TROY | Sinead O'Connor song which shares its name with an ancient city. (4) |