| CORCOVADO | Mountain or peak in Rio de Janeiro, site of the 30 metre-high statue known as Christ the Redeemer (9) |
| REDEEMER | Christ The - - -, 30-metre-high statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro, made of reinforced concrete and soapstone (8) |
| REDESMERE | A Prince Albert Society 41-acre Cheshire lake (*redeemers) (9) |
| JESUSOFNAZARETH | 1977 ITV miniseries starring Robert Powell as Christ (5,2,8) |
| VIRGINIABEACH | City with a 34-foot-high statue of Neptune |
| SUGARLOAFMOUNTAIN | Peak in Rio de Janeiro, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay (9,8) |
| SUGARLOAF | ___ Mountain, peak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil also called Pao de Acucar (5,4) |
| LOAF | Sugar- Mountain; rocky peak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (4) |
| TITIAN | Born near the foot of the Dolomites circa 1490, the Renaissance master of the Venetian school whose works include his seven-metre-high Assunta, Bacchus and Ariadne and the Danae series (6) |
| EUCALYPTUS | Tree of the myrtle family yielding timber, oil and gum; one of the biggest of such trees in Europe can be found in Galicia, Spain, called "El Abuelo" it was planted in around 1880, is nearly 70 metres |
| ALBUCA | Genus of plants in the family Hyacinthaceae, most of the 30 species of which are native to Southern Africa |
| VERTEX | From the Latin for "summit", word for the highest point, such as an astronomical zenith, crown of the head, geometric apex or peak (6) |
| ALP | From "white", a high snow-capped mountain; a massif or peak generally; or, a mountainous Swiss meadow or area of seasonal green pasture (3) |
| YOSEMITEFALLS | What, in eastern California, is the series of three waterfalls - the Upper Fall 436 metres high, the Middle Fall 190 metres, and the Lower Fall 98 metres? (8,5) |
| BOSSA | Lively music and dance that rose from within the artistic beach culture in Rio de Janeiro in the lat |
| MAXIXE | Dance also known as the Brazilian tango that originated in Rio de Janeiro (6) |
| MARDIGRAS | The festival of Shrove Tuesday, famously celebrated with a carnival in Rio de Janeiro (5,4) |
| CRESCENDO | Italian word for "growing" by which a musician understands a passage must gradually increase in loudness; thus, any climax or peak of noise (9) |
| BURTON | Designer of Kew's Palm and Temperate Houses and also the grounds of London Zoo including its raven's cage and Tuscan giraffe house with five-metre-high doors (6) |
| MARACANA | Stadium in Rio de Janeiro opened in 1950 to host the football World Cup (8) |
