| VICTORIAGLACIER | Photographic formation which is the backdrop of Lake Louise at Banff: 2-wds. |
| HOODOO | Alberta Badlands geological formation which is pillar-shaped and has a flat top |
| LAKE | ___ Louise (body of water at Banff National Park) |
| STALAGMITE | Calcite formation which rises from a cave floor (10) |
| ELK | Sighting at Banff |
| HUNGARY | The 'Blood in the Water' water polo match was played between the Soviet Union and ___ at the 1956 Melbourne Games, against the backdrop of a Soviet invasion of this country |
| ETNA | Mountain in the backdrop of The White Lotus Season 2 |
| APASSAGETO | 1924 novel by E M Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj (1,7,2,5) |
| INDIA | 1924 novel by E M Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj (1,7,2,5) |
| KIM | Rudyard Kipling's novel set against the backdrop of The Great Game in 19th century central Asia |
| RRR | Naatu Naatu movie set in the backdrop of India's freedom struggle |
| GLACIALRUNOFF | It feeds Lake Louise in Banff National Park: 2 wds. |
| DECOR | Derived from the Latin for "embellish", a French word for the general colour scheme, furnishings and other interiors of a room; or, the backdrop/scenery of a stage (5) |
| ESPECIAL | Ice on the ebb in the backdrop is unusual! (8) |
| BURMA | ___ Railway, backdrop of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" |
| MILIEU | The backdrop to where Mussolini sides with deception at university (6) |
| UPSTAGE | Steal someone's thunder where the backdrop is concerned? (7) |
| STALAGMITES | Limestone formations which grow up towards the cave roof |
| FARM | Used as the backdrop in books such as Black Beauty, Charlotte's Web, Follyfoot or War Horse, a rural or agricultural tract of land, typically with a homestead (4) |
| KILIMANJARO | African peak that was the backdrop for Ernest Hemingway's classic short story |
