| ICEBERGS | Newfoundland tourist destination Twillingate is the 'Capital of the World' for seeing these frozen masses |
| SPEAR | Cape ___ (Continental NorthAmerica's most easterly point,this Newfoundland tourist destination is about |
| POLARBEARS | Churchill is the 'Capital of the World' for these Arctic animals, in Manitoba: 2 wds. |
| UNKNOWN | Organisation is familiar with the mysteries of the world, for example (7) |
| OSHKOSH | Wisconsin town once dubbed the Sawdust Capital of the World for its lumber industry |
| ANTARCTICA | In a cataract operation is the bottom of the world for us (10) |
| TULSA | "Oil capital of the world," for some |
| GUTTERPRESS | Glasgow with total crowd as portrayed by News of the World, for example (6,5) |
| FANTASIA | I will avoid obscure part of the world for Disney film (8) |
| ETS | Invaders in H. G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds," for short |
| THEME | "Fishes of the World," for this puzzle |
| USSR | Large part of the world for a time |
| ICEBERG | Newfoundland: Twillingate = 'The ___ Capital of the World' |
| SOPHIA | Building in Istanbul that was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years until the completion of the Seville Cathedral in 1520 |
| HAGIA | Building in Istanbul that was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years until the completion of the Seville Cathedral in 1520 |
| UGLY | "Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ____ mathematics" (GH Hardy) |
| FINLAND | Country ranked as the happiest in the world for consecutive years in the latest World Happiness Report 2025. (7) |
| INDIA | New Zealand is 10th in the world for cow milk production. Who is first? (5) |
| MAMMOTHCAVE | Kentucky attraction that's the largest in the world,for a rodent? |
| POLITE | "I'm sorry!" ...Canadians are known around the world for being this |