| EIGER | Mountain of the Bernese Alps whose North Wall, or "Nordwand", is one of the world's most difficult ascents (5) |
| THEEIGER | Mountain in the Bernese Alps whose north face is regarded as a challenge for climbers (3,5) |
| OBERLAND | The lower parts of the Bernese Alps in central Switzerland (8) |
| SNOWY | ___ Mountains, range of peaks within the Australian Alps whose highest point is Mount Kosciusko (5) |
| TYROL | Alpine state of western Austria whose North and East regions are separated by the state of Salzburg (5) |
| ANDORRA | Non-EU principality in the high mountains of the Pyrenees between France and Spain; one of the small |
| EASYONE | "That's a no-brainer!" equivalent formed by the opposite of "difficult" + a low number: 2 wds. |
| LAKEERIE | Body of water at whose north-eastern end is the Niagara River |
| ELK | Large antlered deer whose North American variety is sometimes referred to as a moose (3) |
| ANETO | Highest mountain of the Pyrenees, in the Posets-Maladeta Natural Park of NE Spain (5) |
| EMIKOUSSI | Highest mountain of the Sahara, in the Tibesti range of northern Chad (3,6) |
| PTARMIGAN | Bird of the grouse family which breeds in the mountains of the Highlands (9) |
| ILLAMPU | A mountain of the Cordillera Real range in the Bolivian Andes (7) |
| ACONCAGUA | Mountain of the Andes; highest peak of the Western Hemisphere (9) |
| URAL | A river in Central Russia, rising in mountains of the same name and flowing south to the Caspian Sea (4) |
| INSOLUBLE | "Remaining coherent to the last" is too difficult a clue (9) |
| KANDER | Swiss river whose source is in the Bernese Alps, and which flows into Lake Thun (6) |
| INTERLAKEN | Chief town of the Bernese Oberland, between lakes Thun and Brienz (10) |
| ILLIMANI | Overlooking La Paz, the highest mountain of the Cordillera Real (8) |
| SNAEFELL | Highest mountain of the Isle of Man (8) |
