| MORIA | Middle-earth area under the Misty Mountains |
| ANDUIN | In J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the great river, east of the Misty Mountains, on whose west bank is the Elvish land of Lothlorien |
| DUNGEONS | "Far over the misty mountains cold / To ____ deep, and caverns old" (The Hobbit) |
| MIDDLEEARTH | Fictional home to the Misty Mountains and Fangorn Forest |
| ANGUILLA | Area under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the UK (8) |
| GIBRALTAR | Area under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the UK (9) |
| SHADED | Like the area under the trees |
| TECH | Area under the microscope in "The Social Dilemma" |
| ROOTROT | Disease of plants affecting the area under the soil (4,3) |
| PAINT | The area under the basket in basketball |
| OVERSEAS | Area under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the UK (7,8,9) |
| BRITISH | Area under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the UK (7,8,9) |
| TERRITORY | Area under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the UK (7,8,9) |
| DIOCESE | Area under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian church |
| GABLE | Risk losing bit of main area under the roof (5) |
| COLONY | Reluctant to give details about half of capital being area under the control of another country (6) |
| SKYE | Sometimes known as The Misty Isle, this is the largest of the Inner Hebrides islands |
| LAURA | "The face in the misty light" |
| ALETA | Queen of the Misty Isles, in the comics |
| HOP | Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain ___" |
