| FJORDS | Narrow, steep-sided inlets between cli s created by glaciers, found around the world but notably in Norway (6) |
| FJORD | In Norway, a long, narrow steep-sided inlet (5) |
| DOVER | Town and ferry port in Kent with a series of chalk cli s visible from the French coast on clear days (5) |
| LATITUDE | The liberty found around the world (8) |
| DOLOS | A wave-breaking geometric reinforced concrete device used in harbours around the world, but designed in East London. |
| WEARTHIN | Triumph around the world but become threadbare (4,4) |
| VANITYFAIR | Alluding to a town selling worthless things in Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, the world regarded as a place of frivolity, notably in Thackeray's novel of the same name (6,4) |
| WESTERN | There's some big names in this part of the world, but he's still the Boss (7-5) |
| SLAVS | There's some big names in this part of the world, but he's still the Boss (7-5) |
| LETO | Jared who sings on the 2023 album "It's the End of the World But It's a Beautiful Day" |
| TREACLE | A by-product of sugar refining; according to an old music-hall joke, it was mined in Lancashire, notably in Sabden, where the story was encouraged by fictitious reports in local newspapers in the 1930 |
| BELGIUM | Home country of one of the best circuits in the world but barely any GP winners, although it's a different story off-road. (7) |
| UNDERTHESUN | Anywhere in the world, but only in daytime? (5,3,3) |
| TRENCH | Long narrow steep-sided ; depression in an ocean floor, a feature of a convergent plate boundary (6) |
| MICROSOFT | Who REALLY runs the world... but you didn't hear it from me |
| ATLAS | Titan sentenced to hold up the world...but what does he stand on??? |
| GULCH | Narrow, steep-sided ravine marking the course of a stream (5) |
| ANISEED | The seeds of this plant are widely used as a flavouring in food and drink, notably in Mallorca's Hierbas liqueur (7) |
| STEELBANDS | You will find them around casks and notably in the Caribbean (5,5) |
| CORMORANT | Bird trained to catch fish in the ancient practice Ukai, notably in Gifu (9) |
