| RETIRE | Leave the working world for good |
| RATRACE | The competitive struggle in the working world (3,4) |
| CAREER | Primary pursuit in the working world |
| PBLUESAISNUERSES | A tip in the working world: Don't ... |
| RET | No longer in the working world (abbr.) |
| SOPHIA | Building in Istanbul that was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years until the completion of the Seville Cathedral in 1520 |
| HAGIA | Building in Istanbul that was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years until the completion of the Seville Cathedral in 1520 |
| FINLAND | Country ranked as the happiest in the world for consecutive years in the latest World Happiness Report 2025. (7) |
| TAIGA | Word, homophonous with the name of the "stripes" of the big cat world, for the "land of little sticks" biome also called a Boreal forest (5) |
| ROCKETRY | Produces the hits that are out of this world for those aiming for the stars (8) |
| PYRAMID | The only remaining wonder of the ancient world, for one |
| ATLAS | A Titan pictures the world for the scholar (5) |
| ETHEREAL | Key to something from the old cinema reports seems too delicate for Jurassic World, for instance (8) |
| UGLY | "Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ____ mathematics" (GH Hardy) |
| POLARBEARS | Churchill is the 'Capital of the World' for these Arctic animals, in Manitoba: 2 wds. |
| ICEBERGS | Twillingate is the 'Capital of the World' for these frozen floating formations, in Newfoundland |
| MAMMOTHCAVE | Kentucky attraction that's the largest in the world,for a rodent? |
| ONEOFTHEMGIRLS | 2020 Lee Brice hit about a guy who'd trade his whole world for the person in the song title: 4 wds. |
| UNKNOWN | Organisation is familiar with the mysteries of the world, for example (7) |
| OSHKOSH | Wisconsin town once dubbed the Sawdust Capital of the World for its lumber industry |
