| ABABA | Ethiopia's capital, located on the plateau known as the Roof of the World, Addis ... |
| TIBETAN | From that area of the Himalayas known as the roof of the world |
| TIBET | The Dalai Lama's land, known as the Roof of the World |
| PAMIR | Mountain range of Central Asia, chiefly in Tajikistan, popularly known as the 'Roof of the World' (5) |
| THEPAMIRS | Mountain range known as 'The Roof of the World' (3,6) |
| BUCHAREST | Eastern European capital located on the banks of the Dambovita River (9) |
| APIASAMOA | Capital located on the island of Upolu |
| QUITO | Capital located on the Pichincha Volcano |
| SION | Capital located on the River Rhone |
| SAG | Dip in the middle, as the roof of an old shack |
| RHODODENDRONS | “You climbed up on the roof / Roof of the world / You were pulling up the ____ / Loping down the mountain” (Wild Man, Kate Bush) |
| CHOTANAGPUR | The --- --- plateau in eastern India covers much of the state of Jharkhand (5,6) |
| RETHATCH | Fix, as the roof of a hut |
| TIBETANS | They live on the Roof of the World, in Lhasa perhaps (8) |
| KAROO | Kelvin with a marsupial shortly on the plateau (5) |
| TABLELAND | Most stable country on the plateau (9) |
| CARTRIDGE | Explosive case from vehicle on the plateau (9) |
| OSLO | European capital located on a fjord |
| EVEREST | Somewhat severe square for the roof of the world? (7) |
| TUNIS | Capital located near the ruins of Carthage |
