| CONTINENTS | Operation needing consent for tin tectonic plates (10) |
| PIANOFORTE | Tricky operation needing insertion of fine instrument (5,5) |
| EARTHQUAKE | Upheaval caused by the collision of tectonic plates |
| REDSEARIFT | The ____ is between the gradually separating African and Arabian tectonic plates |
| RINGOFFIRE | Long horseshoe-shaped seismically active belt of earthquake epicentres, volcanoes, and tectonic plate boundaries that fringes the Pacific basin. (4,2,4) |
| PERMISSION | Consent for each assignment (10) |
| GARMENTING | Clothing for Tin Man Greg designed (10) |
| SEISMOLOGY | Scientific study of earthquakes and tectonic movement (10) |
| UPLIFT | Tectonic __, geologic phenomenon found where tectonic plates meet (6) |
| NEPAL | High-altitude country that straddles the meeting place of two tectonic plates |
| SLID | Moved, as tectonic plates |
| CONVERGENCEZONE | Area where tectonic plates collide, causing earthquakes (11,4) |
| GREATRIFT | The ... ... Valley was caused by the separation of the African and Arabian tectonic plates (5,4) |
| EUSTASY | The variations in sea levels and shorelines due to motion of tectonic plates, melting glaciers etc (7) |
| FAULT | Crack or joint between tectonic plates, along which earthquakes are likely to occur |
| CONTINENTALDRIFT | Result of tectonic plate movement |
| COCOS | A tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean |
| LEAPT | Tectonic plate jumped suddenly (5) |
| BASALT | Tectonic plate material |
| ISLANDARC | Curved chain of active volcanoes found along tectonic plate boundaries, eg Japan (6,3) |
