| MAKALU | Massif in N.E. Nepal on the border with Tibet (6) |
| ITBP | India's primary border patrol organization for its border with Tibet Autonomous Region (abbr.) |
| CRISHAN | Identify the first name of this cricketer who was the Player of the Match in the T20 World Cup group game between Italy and Nepal on February 12, 2026. (7) |
| PITCHEDBATTLE | Pact held with Tibet mobilising for violent conflict (7,6) |
| ARARAT | A dormant volcanic mountain massif in Eastern Turkey, said to be the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Flood (6) |
| VINSON | Mountain massif in Antarctica which is one of the Seven Summits and was first climbed in 1966 |
| STYRIA | Second-largest state of Austria, in the SE on the border with Slovenia (6) |
| ALLIER | French river rising in the Cevennes in the Massif Central to the Loire (6) |
| LIERNE | Wild region of Nord-Trondelag, Norway, on the border with Sweden (6) |
| YUNNAN | Province of China on the border with Vietnam, Laos, and Burma (Myanmar) (6) |
| CANADA | State on the border with New Hampshire and New York (6) |
| GRETNA | Town on the border with England just north-west of Carlisle (6) |
| ALSACE | Region of France on the border with Germany |
| EHAGAY | ___ Nakoda Massif (Mountain formation in Alberta near Canmore) |
| ANNAPURNA | Massif in Nepal, part of the Himalayas (9) |
| MATTERHORN | Perhaps the best-known massif in the Alps (10) |
| SMELTS | Excited African, departing from Massif Central, does this to extract metal |
| BRAMMAH | Mountain massif in the Kishtwar Himalaya of Jammu and Kashmir, India, comprising four peaks |
| ENORME | Massive, as a massif |
| NAKODA | Alberta Rockies massif near Canmore, Ehagay ___ |
