| ARNHEMLAND | Peninsula in Northern Territory, Australia, large areas of which are reserved for native Australians |
| ALICE | Town in Northern Territory, Australia in the MacDonnell Ranges (5,7) |
| SPRINGS | Town in Northern Territory, Australia in the MacDonnell Ranges (5,7) |
| ULURU | Sandstone formation in Northern Territory, Australia, also known as Ayers Rock |
| AYERS | -- Rock, monolith in Northern Territory, Australia (5) |
| ELCHO | ___ Island, land area in the Arafura Sea off the coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia (5) |
| ARNHEM | --- Land is the northern part of Northern Territory, Australia (6) |
| ACRE | Measure of area of which there are 640 in one square mile (4) |
| DARWIN | Capital of Northern Territory, Australia, known from 1869 to 1911 as Palmerston (6) |
| ALICESPRINGS | Third-largest town in the Northern Territory, Australia (5,7) |
| KOALAS | A stunning blow, alas, for native Australians |
| ISIS | Islamic terrorist group which took control of large areas of Syria and Iraq in 2014-15 (4) |
| ATLANTIS | Fantastic place in Northern Territory, one located in a book of maps (8) |
| ROOMONTHEBROOM | A few weeks to live in retreat among native Australians and Maoris, primarily, in one of 13's stories (4,2,3,5) |
| HONEYMOONS | For which bridal suites are reserved |
| SCANDINAVIA | Large peninsula in northern Europe (11) |
| STRANGFORDLOUGH | Lake near the Ards Peninsula in Northern Ireland (10,5) |
| LOCUSTS | Tropical insects which travel in a vast swarm, stripping large areas of vegetation (7) |
| LOCUST | Orthopterous insect which travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation (6) |
| STEPPES | What are large areas of flat unforested grassland in Siberia? (7) |
