| ILLIMANI | High peak of the Cordillera Real in Bolivia near La Paz (8) |
| EDALE | Village in the High Peak of Derbyshire; the starting point of the Pennine Way (5) |
| ILLAMPU | A mountain of the Cordillera Real range in the Bolivian Andes (7) |
| ANDES | Home of the Cordillera Real |
| KINGLEAR | Emperor, sort of real in play |
| RELIANCE | Faith is real in unorthodox church |
| HUASCARAN | Highest mountain in Peru, in the Cordillera Blanca range of the western Andes (9) |
| IRAZU | Active volcano, in the Cordillera Central, east-central Costa Rica. Its name originates from the indigenous word for "thunder." (5) |
| SISLEY | Born in Paris of expatriate British parents, the Impressionist noted for rural landscapes such as Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Among the Vines Louveciennes, Regatta at Molesey a |
| ILEDERE | An island off the west coast of France near La Rochelle, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait |
| CALI | Colombian city in the Cordillera Occidental |
| ROSTRAL | Review part of digital art - so real in front of the head (7) |
| ANDEANS | Cordillera Real dwellers |
| ACONCAGUA | Highest peak of the Andes, in west-central Argentina near the Chilean border (9) |
| ELBERT | Highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, in the Sawatch range in central Colorado (6) |
| BLAVEN | Anglicised name of the rocky isolated peak of the Black Cuillin of Skye (6) |
| MASALA | Highest peak of the Balkan Peninsula, in Bulgaria in the Rila Mountains (6) |
| INTEXAS | Broadway musical inspired by the actual Chicken Ranch near La Grange, The Best Little Whorehouse ... |
| SION | The Priory of ___: religious organisation created as a hoax, represented as being real in The Da Vinci Code (4) |
| TIRICHMIR | Highest peak of the Hindu Kush mountain range, in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan (6,3) |