| CURLEWS | Europe's largest wading birds (7) |
| CURLEW | The UK's largest wading bird (6) |
| BRITISH | Europe's largest annual predator competition (7,4,13) |
| ROMANIA | Which country is home to Europe's largest population of brown bears? (7) |
| GLACIER | Moving ice mass (Aletsch is Europe's largest) |
| UKRAINE | Continental Europe's largest nation, after Russia |
| CAMPNOU | Europe's largest sports stadium, home to the Spanish football club Barcelona since 1957 (4,3) |
| ESTORIL | Portuguese resort containing one of Europe's largest casinos, opened in 1931 |
| AVOCETS | Long-legged wading birds (7) |
| GODWITS | Long-legged wading birds (*digs two) (7) |
| WANDERS | New wading birds are about if one strays off the beaten track (7) |
| HERONRY | Nesting area for wading birds |
| PLOVSTS | Homes for some wading birds |
| PIKE | Europe's largest annual predator competition (7,4,13) |
| CHAMPIONSHIPS | Europe's largest annual predator competition (7,4,13) |
| ZURICH | Largest city in Switzerland, site of Europe's largest clock face (6) |
| ROTTERDAM | Europe's largest port, second largest city in the Netherlands (9) |
| FLOW | And 21dn Europe's largest single expanse of blanket bog, in N Scotland (4, 7) (4) |
| NOTTINGHILL | London suburb, scene of one of Europe's largest street festivals (7,4) |
| LAKELADOGA | Europe's largest body of water of its kind |