| BENCRUACHAN | Mountain in Argyll and Bute that rises to a height of 1126m (3,8) |
| ALTOSTRATUS | Dense greyish layer cloud at a height of 20007000 metres (11) |
| EMU | Australian bird that can jump to a height of seven feet in the air |
| EIGER | Mountain in the Bernese Alps, rising to a height of 3970m |
| PETER | ? safe leader, say, rising to a height of incompetence, as a rule (5,9) |
| CREAM | Substance that rises to the top of a pint of milk and yields butter when churned; or, a confection of fudge or peppermint fondant covered in chocolate (5) |
| OSTRICH | Growing to a height of some nine feet, the world's biggest bird (7) |
| CEREUS | Tropical American cactus which grows to a height of 13 metres |
| ONIONDOME | A roof that bulges in the middle and rises to a point (as in Russian church architecture) (5,4) |
| KRAKATOA | Volcano on Rakata Island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, Indonesia. Its explosive eruption and collapse in 1883 triggered a series of tsunamis; the greatest wave reached a height of 120 |
| LOCHLONG | Name applied to trio of Class 37s celebrating body of water in Argyll and Bute (4,4) |
| PONTIC | Mountains rising from northern Turkey, in an area once occupied by the ancient country of Pontus. This range reaches a height of 12,900 feet (3,932 metres), and its path is reflected in the outline of |
| OBAN | Small port and resort on the west coast of Scotland, in Argyll and Bute (4) |
| DUNOON | Town in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland (6) |
| ALE | Type of beer that uses yeast that rises to the top of the brew (3) |
| TSAR | A good man rises to a king and emperor |
| OTTERFERRY | Settlement in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne |
| ROSNEATH | Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, but, until 1996 in Dunbartonshire (8) |
| ALLIGATOR | Animal taking a breather, about to come to a height |
| PUDU | Smallest member of the deer family, typically standing at a height of 13 to 17 inches; native to South America (4) |
