| CAUCASUS | Influential group, as in a mountainous region |
| ZULU | South African ethnic group, as in a form of spurflower (species of plectranthus) (4) |
| MASSIF | A lot of people I originally found in a mountainous region |
| ALPINE | A large tree growing in a mountainous region |
| TIBET | Bet it breaks up in a mountainous region! |
| KURD | Member of an Islamic people who live in a mountainous region of Turkey, Iran and Iraq (4) |
| SKILIFT | General name for a conveyance in a mountainous or alpine region such as a gondola, funifor, funitel or cable car (3,4) |
| INNERCIRCLE | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| MASSIFCENTRAL | A mountainous region in France, covering about one-sixth of the country (6,7) |
| SHERPAS | People from a mountainous region of Nepal, widely used as guides and porters for Himalayan climbing expeditions (7) |
| UMBRIA | A mountainous region of Central Italy, in the valley of the Tiber (6) |
| CALABRIA | A mountainous region of South West Italy (8) |
| UPLANDERS | Inhabitants of a mountainous region (9) |
| OZARK | Show named for a mountainous region |
| HIPPIES | Influential group in '60s fashion |
| THEALPS | Article on unusual pals in a mountainous part of Europe (3,4) |
| LAKES | The -; common name of a mountainous region of England associated with poets including William Wordsw |
| SUDETENLAND | A mountainous region of the North Czech Republic, formerly part of Czechoslovakia and occupied by Germany during World War II (11) |
| ANDORRA | Round end of plain, road bends right, leading to a mountainous region |
| ARCADIA | A mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally celebrated for the pastoral innocence of its people |
