| TROPOSPHERE | Layer found by Oscar, tucking into the wine from the south, on the globe (11) |
| MOSTAR | Chief city and historic capital of Herzegovina, in the south on the Neretva River (6) |
| POLES | north and South on the globe |
| MAHJONG | Game's poor player from the south on run round north (3-4) |
| TOASTY | Oscar tucking in to yummy hot sandwich (6) |
| LIDO | Top found by Oscar in open-air pool (4) |
| CREOSOTE | Wood preservative found by Oscar thus in Greek island (8) |
| EALING | North or South on the Piccadilly Line (6) |
| LOSESONESSHIRT | Child tucking into the rissoles strangely forfeits everything (5,4,5) |
| IBIS | Bird tucking into the Garibaldi biscuits (4) |
| AMBROSIA | Male relative tucking into the Orient's amazing food |
| CITY | "So if New York ___ is the greatest ___ on the globe, that makes me the greatest mayor on the globe": Eric Adams |
| ALEXANDER | One of the greats from ten included in a list — wine from the south |
| LARDERS | The French recipe takes wine from the south, basically stored in pantries (7) |
| LIMASSOL | Second-largest city and chief port of Cyprus, in the south on Akrotiri Bay (8) |
| STEPONIT | Can give work to alien in the south, on reflection, but move fast |
| SOJOURN | Temporary stay for the South on including a day in France (7) |
| PORRIDGE | Most of the wine from narrow range of hills is consumed by Goldilocks in the den (8) |
| TROPIC | One of two imaginary circles on the globe north and south of the equator (6) |
| MACON | A red or white wine from the South Burgundy region of France (5) |
