| AHAGGAR | Name for a large plateau in the north centre of the Sahara, on the Tropic of Cancer, North Africa. Its height is above 3,000 feet (900 metres), culminating in Mount Tahat in southeastern Algeria. (7) |
| TRIPOLI | In North Africa I entered another port and left before one (7) |
| TIBET | Historical region covering much of a large Plateau in Central Asia, as found in cacti betting! (5) |
| MIRAGE | Optical illusion from image shifting around centre of the Sahara desert |
| TAIWAN | Pacific island on the Tropic of Cancer |
| LAIDLEY | 1996 Grand Final-winning North centre, Dean ... (7) |
| BRAZIL | South American country on the Tropic of Capricorn (6) |
| HEAD | One of three large promontories at the mouth of Sydney Harbour: North, Middle or South .... (4) |
| FLORIMO | 1990s Norths centre and Bears CEO lobbying for a Central Coast NRL club, Greg ... (7) |
| PARAMO | High plateau in the Andes between the tree line and the permanent snow line (6) |
| MESA | Small plateau in the Southwest |
| PUNA | Bleak plateau in the Andes (4) |
| NORTHAMERICA | Third largest of the world's continents in the present day, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer in the Western Hemisphere. (5,7) |
| NEARCTIC | Zoogeographical region consisting of Greenland and North America north of the Tropic of Cancer (8) |
| OMAN | Country whose capital is just north of the Tropic of Cancer |
| TORRID | The ___ Zone (region between the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer) |
| NORTHERN | The hemisphere through which the Tropic of Cancer runs |
| INDIA | Country through which the Tropic of Cancer passes (5) |
| HENRYMILLER | His controversial novels Tropic Of Cancer and Tropic Of Capricorn were banned in the US (5,6) |
| TSANA | Old name for a large lake in Ethiopia, the source of the Blue Nile (5) |
