| BUSHPILOTS | Aviators providing a crucial connection (mail, cargo, passengers) to remote areas of Canada dating back to the 1920s: 2 wds. |
| ACIDTEST | Bill that is, over time, providing a crucial check (4,4) |
| INUIT | Inhabitants of the Arctic areas of Canada, Greenland, Alaska and eastern Siberia (5) |
| ACADIA | French-speaking areas of Canada (6) |
| ROADTRAIN | Method of trucking used in remote areas of Australia, known as triples or turnpike doubles in the United States |
| CLINTONPILOT | Flier to remote areas? |
| ATV | Transport to remote areas, briefly |
| BACKBLOCKS | Support barriers to remote areas (10) |
| BUSHPILOT | Transporter to remote areas |
| OUTREACH | Provide facilities and services to remote areas (8) |
| HINTERLAND | Remote areas of a country |
| HINTERLANDS | Eccentric hid lanterns in remote areas of a country (11) |
| BERTH | A bunk for a passenger to sleep or a space for a ship to moor/tarry, either way it's a word from "hold, carry" (5) |
| MANIFEST | A document listing a ship's contents, cargo, passengers and crew for customs officers (8) |
| OUTBACK | Remote areas of the Australian interior (7) |
| QUIETCAR | Place for Amtrak passengers to unwind ... and a hint to how to interpret eight puzzle answers |
| TARE | The weight of a vehicle without cargo, passengers, etc. |
| CUSTOMS | ___ manifest - official document listing cargo, passengers and crew of ship (7) |
| ESTATE | Long-bodied type of car or "shooting brake" with extra space for cargo, passengers, dogs etc (6) |
| GANGPLANK | A board put between a boat and land for passengers to cross (9) |
