| TILTS | Is at an angle, like the earth's axis |
| TILT | Place at an angle, like a steering wheel |
| ASKEW | Not having the correct angle like botanic gardens (5) |
| SLOPES | Crooked pole in the ship is at an angle (6) |
| ASLANT | Part of Maria's lantern is at an angle |
| LEANS | Is at an angle |
| OBLIQUE | Roundabout is at an angle |
| SOUTH | The _____ Pole is the southern end of the Earth's axis, about 300 miles (480 km) south of the Ross Ice Shelf (5) |
| NORTHPOLE | Point of the globe where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface, where the postcode H0H 0H0 is used seasonally for children (5,4) |
| POLARIS | Situated where the projection of the Earth's axis or the NCP lies, the current North Star, used to determine latitude and formerly by sailors for navigation (7) |
| SOLSTICE | The point when the Earth's axis is tilted most closely towards the sun; it occurs twice every year |
| SOUTHPOLE | Situated on the continent of Antarctica, this is one of two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface (5,4) |
| BRADLEY | Edmond Halley's successor as Astronomer Royal who discovered the aberration of starlight and the nutation of the Earth's axis (7) |
| EQUATOR | Circle around the planet whose plane is perpendicular to the Earth's axis (7) |
| POLAR | Relating to the end regions of the earth's axis |
| POLARCAP | Icy formation at either extremity of the Earth's axis |
| NORTHSTAR | Northern hemisphere star toward which the earth's axis points (5,4) |
| POLE | Either end of the earth's axis |
| CASTASHADOWOVER | It lessened the enjoyment of actors at the centre of drama - Shaw admits party is at an end |
| WORLDWIDE | Everywhere like the Earth at the equator (9) |
