| EVEREST | Place in the news, |
| ALASKA | Place in the news, 1959 |
| THREEMILEISLAND | Place in the news, 3/28/79 |
| TROUBLESPOTS | A rash of places in the news? (7,5) |
| SUEZ | Canal built in 1869, fought for in 1956, and in the news in 2021 when a ship ran aground and blocked it |
| IMMA | The board of this body has been in the news in recent weeks. (1,1,1,1) |
| ANNEBOLEYN | Woman in power once, a European, the old throwback in the news (4,6) |
| KYIVUKRAINE | The Fields Medals, mathematics' highest honor, were awarded on July 5; one of the four winners, Maryna Viazovska, is a native of this in-the-news city |
| PUSSYRIOT | Protest music rock band in the news in 2012 when two of its members were jailed in Russia |
| ITO | California judge in the news in 1995 |
| KABUL | Capital in the news in 2002 |
| GITMO | Cuban base in the news, in brief |
| ACA | Policy inits. in the news in 2010 |
| MASK | Cover in the news in 2020? |
| SETTER | Irish ___; breed of gundog that was highlighted in the news due to a death following Crufts in 2015 |
| HITTHEHEADLINES | The leader with wrinkles seen after strike having become prominent in the news (3,3,9) |
| OZONELAYER | Part of the sky that's in the news |
| EDDIES | Turbulent movements in the news in 1553 and 1910? |
| ALAED | Russian cargo ship carrying attack helicopters in the news in June 2012 |
| CAFE | A restaurant in Africa featuring in the news (4) |
