| NAUTICALMILE | Distance of approximately 2,000 yards at sea (8,4) |
| NAUTICALMILE
| Distance of approximately 2,000 yards at sea (8,4) |
| SPAN | Unit of distance of approximately 23 cm |
| ASTRONOMICALUNIT | A distance of approximately 93 million miles (12,4) |
| OJSIMPSON | First RB to gain 2,000 yards in a season/"The Towering Inferno" actor |
| YEARLY | Peer between yards at annual (6) |
| LAP | 440 yards, at times |
| DAYSTAR | Venus, out by yards, at back (7) |
| CONTEMPORARY | Person living at the same time or of approximately the same age as another (12) |
| ASMIRBEGOVIC | Goalkeeper who scored from a record-breaking distance of 97.5 yards in 2013 for Stoke City against Southampton |
| ASTRONOMICAL | Like the distance of the stars (12) |
| ANCIENTTIMES | Distance of time |
| WREN | This bird's name may refer to any of approximately 85 species of small, chunky, brownish birds; one of those species is Troglodytes troglodytes. In Macbeth (act 4, scene 2), Lady MacDuff says, "...for |
| SHORTWAVE | Transmission and reception of information by means of electromagnetic waves about 10 to 80 m (33 to 262 feet) in length having frequencies of approximately 29.7 to 3.5 megahertz. (9) |
| LAPAZ | Administrative capital of Bolivia, in the Andes at an altitude of approximately 3,660m (12,000ft) (2,3) |
| EARTHY | Crude yard at the back of where we live (6) |
| ALE | Contents of a yard, at times |
| CURRENTLY | Flow of electricity by lake and yard at the moment (9) |
| ACT | A third of a yard at the back (3) |
| DEFENCE | Government ministry that was former owner of railway yard at Eastriggs (7) |
