| CHINA | Home to eight of the ten highest bridges in the world |
| SUNBELT | Home to eight of the 10 fastest-growing cities in the U.S. |
| ZHIVAGO | "Doctor ___," one of the ten highest-grossing films of all time when adjusted for inflation |
| NEPAL | Country between China and India with the capital Kathmandu, site of eight out of the 10 highest peaks in the world (5) |
| HIMALAYAS | Mountain system, home to nine of the 10 highest peaks on Earth (9) |
| HEARTS | Second-highest bridge suit |
| ROMANTASY | Hybrid genre for four of the US's ten highest selling books of 2024 |
| INDIA | Country that's home to eight of the fifty largest cities in the world |
| SKYE | You go over the sea to this Scottish island on the largest cantilever bridge in the world - the bonnie boat service closed when the bridge opened in 1995 |
| FIRTHOFTAY | Estuary on the North Sea coast of Scotland, spanned by one of the longest railway bridges in the UK (5,2,3) |
| ALMADA | Which city is connected to Lisbon by the 25 de Abril Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world? (6) |
| SHANGHAI | Longest cross-sea bridge in the world, the Donghai connects Yangshan to this Chinese city |
| HARTLAND | The longest covered bridge in the world is located in what New Brunswick town? |
| ABERDEEN | City in which the largest single-span granite bridge in the world can be found (8) |
| WILLIS | First name of the character played by Todd Bridges in the US TV series Diff'rent Strokes |
| BAIL | Described in Law 8 of the Laws of Cricket, either of the two crosspieces bridging the stumps of a wicket (4) |
| MICHELLEPFEIFFER | Co-star of Jeff and Beau Bridges in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) |
| VIADUCT | Bridge in the form of a series of arches, such as that in Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands (7) |
| ISLAY | Southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, home to eight working whisky distilleries (5) |
| NEST | Western arts ensemble protecting home to eight occupants of the grid (4) |
