| GLACIER | Any large mass of perennial ice that starts on land and slowly flows down a slope. The effects of global warming are causing these structures to shrink and disappear. (7) |
| GRADIENT | From "step", an incline, such as that of a road or a train track; the degree of said slope; the extent of steepness of a graph at any point; or, a progressive blend from one colour to another (8) |
| LEVEL | Slope the edge (5) |
| SEEPS | Slowly flows out |
| OOZES | Slowly flows |
| LAHAR | Destructive mudflow, composed of pyroclastic material and water, that flows down the slopes of a vol |
| ICESHELF | Thick mass of floating ice that is attached to land, formed from and fed by tongues of glaciers extending outward from the land into sheltered waters. (3,5) |
| ICEBERG | Floating mass of freshwater ice that has broken from the seaward end of either a glacier or an ice shelf. (7) |
| BULK | From the Old Norse for "cargo", a ship's freight or hold; the volume of a great size; the main or greater part; any huge body; the thickness of paper; or, dietary fibre/roughage (4) |
| YEAR | At a party that starts on the night of December 31, it's what everybody shouts at midnight: "Happy New ___!" |
| ROOK | Chess piece that starts on a corner of the board |
| SKATE | Any large ray of the family Rajidae, of temperate and tropical seas, especially the common Dipturus batis (5) |
| EIDER | Any large northern sea duck of the genus Somateria, valued for the brownish down produced by the female (5) |
| DATABASE | A systemised cache of files, gen, info etc held on a computer; or, any large pool/store of facts/knowledge (8) |
| GLACIERS | Large mass of ice that melts slowly along with water (8) |
| GLISSADE | In mountaineering, a controlled slide down a slope of snow or ice (8) |
| CASCADE | A small waterfall, often one of many that fall in stages down a slope (7) |
| LANDSLIP | A movement of soil and rocks down a slope (8) |
| LAVA | It flows down the sides of a volcano |
| OMOO | 1847 novel that starts on the island of Nuku Hiva |
