| OFFIRE | Name for the earthquake zone and volcanoes that rim the Pacific basin, the ring ... (2,4) |
| ICELAND | Small island country, known for its glaciers and volcanoes, that lies on the active geologic border between North America and Europe. (7) |
| ANKARA | Capital near an earthquake zone |
| BOWLDER | Pudding basin the German used as editor (7) |
| RINGOFFIRE | Long horseshoe-shaped seismically active belt of earthquake epicentres, volcanoes, and tectonic plate boundaries that fringes the Pacific basin. (4,2,4) |
| VULCAN | The Ancient Roman god of fire and volcanoes (6) |
| LISBON | City struck by the earthquake discussed in Voltaire's Candide (6) |
| ACTIVE | Like volcanoes that still erupt |
| HATRED | Dislike "Day after the earthquake" |
| RATHER | Prefer "Right after the earthquake" (6) |
| TREMOR | Returning from Rome right after the earthquake (6) |
| MAUNALOA | The largest of the five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii (5,3) |
| CAMPFOLLOWERS | Civilian tagalongs in a war zone (and what the first words of the *clue answers are) |
| ANTARCTICCIRCLE | Latitude between the South Frigid Zone and South Temperate Zone |
| HEPHAESTUS | Greek god of fire, blacksmiths, craftsmen, metalworking and volcanoes with the Roman equivalent Vulcan (10) |
| NICARAGUA | Largest country of Central America, known as 'the Land of Lakes and Volcanoes' (9) |
| TROPICS | What are the Torrid Zone and neighbouring regions known as (7) |
| HOKKAIDO | Japanese region located about 250 kilometers away from the earthquake's epicenter. (8) |
| ERUPT | What pent-up emotions (and volcanoes) sometimes do (5) |
| EURO | Prefix with zone and skeptic |
