| LEXINGTON | Kentucky city known as the Horse Capital of the World, at the heart of the Bluegrass region (9) |
| OCALA | Southern city known as the Horse Capital of the World |
| KENNESSEE | Area at the border of the Bluegrass State and the Volunteer State |
| HORSECAPITALOFTHEWORLD | Nickname of Lexington, in Kentucky's Bluegrass region |
| MOTUNUI | Where did a methanol production facility open in 1986, the largest in the world at the time? (7) |
| SARAZEN | Golfer who hit "the shot heard 'round the world" at the 1935 Masters |
| RAYMONDCROWE | Australian "Unusualist" who performed a shadow play routine using Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World at the 2007 Royal Variety Performance |
| INVERNESS | City known as 'the Capital of the Highlands' (9) |
| FRANKFORT | Kentucky city |
| STUTTGART | German city known as the 'cradle of the automobile' |
| NASHVILLE | City known as 'the home of country music' (9) |
| MANE | The long hair on the neck of some animals, such as the horse or lion (4) |
| ELK | Colorado has the largest population of this animal in the world, at over 280,000 |
| LENGTH | Distance swum in a swimming pool from one side to the other; or, in racing, the measurement of elapsed time as the horses cross the line (6) |
| PADUCAH | Kentucky city that's home to the Museum of the American Quilter's Society |
| KEARNEY | Martha ___, Dublin-born journalist and broadcaster who was the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World at One for 11 years |
| SCAD | Fish of the genus Trachurus, such as the horse mackerel |
| GRENOBLE | French city known as the "Capital of the Alps" noted for appellation controlee walnuts grown in the Isere Valley (8) |
| ATLAS | At last! The world at our fingertips - well, almost! (5) |
| YEARSLATER | 'Five ___ on, you've got the world at your feet', lyric from Don't You Want Me by The Human League (5,5) (5,5) |
