| ELCAP | Monolithic granite formation in Yosemite, familiarly |
| HALFDOME | Granite formation in Yosemite, or what can literally be found on either end of the answers to the starred clues |
| NEWHAMPSHIRE | Northeastern US state, known for its granite formations (3,9) |
| ELCAPITAN | 900m vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, featured in the 2018 documentary Free Solo (2,7) |
| FALLS | Yosemite and Bridalveil, in Yosemite National Park |
| EASTER | - Island; World Heritage Site in the South Pacific noted for its monolithic stone moai; one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world (6) |
| SOMETIMES | Occasionally, back in Yosemite, mosquitoes are hiding (9) |
| SEMI | Style of house in Yosemite |
| EMIT | Release group found in Yosemite (4) |
| DANA | Mount_, much-hiked peak in Yosemite |
| ETYMOLOGIES | Studies of words' log found in Yosemite compound (11) |
| DOME | There's a famous "half" one in Yosemite National Park |
| REDFIR | Conifer found in Yosemite National Park |
| ANSEL | Adams who did shots in Yosemite |
| PECOS | River mentioned in Yosemite Sam's self-introduction |
| AWE | Feeling in Yosemite Valley, say |
| CRITTERS | Restrict unruly animals in Yosemite? (8) |
| MTDANA | 13,000+-foot peak in Yosemite |
| MUIR | Whom Emerson met in Yosemite |
| BRIDALVEILFAL | Cascade in Yosemite Valley |
