| NGAURUHOE | At about 7000 years, which volcano is the largest and youngest of the Tongariro cones? (9) |
| SILVER | Element first used by humans around 7000 years ago (6) |
| KYLIE | ___ Jenner, cosmetics tycoon and youngest of 9A and 60A's children (5) |
| RUDOLPH | Ninth and youngest of Snow!" and "Blue Santa Claus's traditional reindeer, created by US retailer Robert L. May in 1939 (7) |
| RUAPEHU | Volcano in the Tongariro National Park (5,7) |
| MOUNT | Volcano in the Tongariro National Park (5,7) |
| ETNA | Mongibello is the Sicilian name for which volcano? (4) |
| COTOPAXI | Which volcano in Ecuador features in HG Wells' story The Star? (8) |
| VESUVIUS | Which volcano destroyed Pompeii? (8) |
| PAULSIMON | Singer of the 1976 pop song Still Crazy After All These Years which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| APPLEJOHN | Fruit said to keep for two years which Shakespeare thought best when shrivelled and withered (5-4) |
| VISCOUNTS | Members of nobility, one named on Collett 4-6-0 engine 7000 (9) |
| NEWMEXICO | Every year, which US state holds the world's largest hotair balloon festival? (3,6) |
| WOODGRAIN | 1/7000 of a pound of oak or cedar? |
| BRADLUCAS | Fish O'Mania champion 2025 and youngest-ever winner (*dub rascal) (4,5) |
| EPEE | Which is the largest and heaviest of the three swords used in the sport of fencing? (4) |
| TAHITI | Which is the largest and most populous of the 118 islands which make up French Polynesia? (6) |
| TET | Vietnamese New Year, which is represented by the Zodiac animals at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| MEGAPHONE | What gives the volume in a cone? |
| GUAM | Island in the Pacific Ocean that is the largest and southernmost of the Marianas |
