| SAHARAN | Of a vast desert |
| GOBI | Hindi word for a cauliflower; or, a vast desert covering parts of Mongolia and China (4) |
| SAHARA | A caramel/pink Rudbeckia - for a vast desert (6) |
| KALAHARI | Goddess embracing limitless Sahara; a vast desert region |
| WOOMERA | Aboriginal spear-throwing device; or, a town north of Adelaide, site of a vast military testing grou |
| IRISHSEA | A vast dump of unexploded munitions from two world wars submerged in which body of water has stymied the idea of building a bridge across it? (5,3) |
| HOLKHAM | Village in Norfolk that is the site of a vast Palladian-style house built to designs by William Kent, Matthew Brettingham and their patron Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (7) |
| GRAVITAS | Weight of a vast rig at sea? (8) |
| HIMALAYA | Of a vast Asian mountain range (8) |
| EMPEROR | Ruler of a vast domain (7) |
| EURASIAN | Of a vast northern-hemisphere landmass (8) |
| AEONIAN | Of a vast age or eternity (7) |
| OTTOMAN | Member of a vast Turkish empire |
| ASIAN | Of a vast region |
| RUBALKHALI | Vast desert region in the southern Arabian Peninsula, constituting the largest portion of the Arabian Desert. Its name means "Empty Quarter" in Arabic. (3,2,5) |
| HORDE | From Turkish for "camp", word for a tribe of nomadic Mongolian warriors first, later a vast crowd of fans, insects, shoppers, tourists or anything else (5) |
| LAKENASSER | 83% of a vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan |
| SATNAV | Director of a vast production incorporating any number (6) |
| STV | It began broadcasting in 1957 as part of a vast venture (1,1,1) |
| ERGS | Vast desert regions |
