| ICESHEET | Description of the continental glacier covering 98 per cent of Antarctica or another covering some 80 per cent of Greenland (3,5) |
| ICEFIELD | Covering most of Antarctica or Greenland, a mass of interconnected glaciers (3,5) |
| ASIA | Containing 48 countries and covering some 30 per cent of the Earth's land area, the largest of the world's continents (4) |
| OCEAN | Any one of the vast bodies of water collectively covering some 70 per cent of Earth's surface (S) |
| COATI | One animal or another covering over the front of it |
| SIBERIA | Reaching lows of around -88degreesC, geographic area covering some 77 per cent of Russia's land area (7) |
| BERNARDO | One man or another covering a way inside (8) |
| DEEPSEA | Parts of the ocean beyond the edge of the continental shelf |
| MOULT | Shed feathers or another covering (5) |
| NERITIC | Of the shallow waters of the continental shelf |
| AUTUMNAL | A mutual arrangement covering some nitty-gritties of the fall (8) |
| ROSSSEA | Large arm of the southern Pacific indenting the coast of Antarctica east of Victoria Land and west of the Edward VII Peninsula (4,3) |
| POLAR | From Antarctica or the Arctic (5) |
| ACTON | A mountain in Antarctica - or an area of west London (5) |
| FLORIDAKEYS | Islands, the southernmost part of the continental USA |
| GRANDBANKS | Submarine plateau of the continental shelf off SE Newfoundland, Canada (5,5) |
| KEYWEST | Southernmost city of the continental US, in Monroe County, SW Florida (3,4) |
| MIGRAINE | A rig collapses in pit - it's a headache for some (8) |
| CHEATERS | Teachers can become as their swindling students get done as some... (8) |
| CONTINENT | Geographical landmass such as Asia, Africa, Antarctica or Australia (9) |
