| VERYLARGEARRAY | Radio astronomy observatory on the Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, officially renamed after Karl G Jansky in 2012 |
| LOVELL | Bernard ___ , pioneer of radio astronomy, d. 2012 (6) |
| ANTENNAARRAY | Radio astronomy aid |
| AFGHANISTAN | Kipling warned the young British soldier of the consequences of being wounded and left on the plains of this central Asian nation |
| GEMSBOK | Largest of me three species of oryx, or straight-horned antelope, found on the plains of Africa; Oryx gazella (7) |
| CREEPIEST | Those baked on the plains of Manitoba? Temperature most disturbing (9) |
| MYCENAE | Ancient Greek city in the north-eastern Peloponnese on the plain of Argos |
| BRAHE | Tycho ___, Danish astronomer who established the Uraniborg Observatory on the island of Hven (5) |
| GRAPESHOT | Ammo used on the Plains of Abraham |
| LLANERO | A herder on the plains of South America |
| BATAILLE | 'Battle' on the Plains of Abraham, in Quebec City |
| SODOM | Biblical city on the plain of Jordan |
| COROT | Son of a textile merchant and a milliner who painted the landscapes A Wagon in the Plains of Artois, Evening on the Lake and Summer Morning (5) |
| ARAPAHO | Native American people of the plains of Wyoming and Colorado, allies of the Cheyenne (7) |
| UITENHAGE | Officially renamed Kariega, an industrial town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (9) |
| FIGHTFORENGLAND | Be on General Wolfe's side of the battlefield at the Plains of Abraham as a 1759 soldier: 3 wds. |
| SAIGA | Type of endangered antelope of the plains of Central Asia (5) |
| NUMBERS | Book of the Old Testament that relates Israel's journey from Mount Sinai to the plains of Moab (7) |
| AARDWOLF | The nocturnal mammal Proteles cristatus, that inhabits the plains of southern Africa and feeds on termites and insect larvae |
| ELIZABETHII | The airport in Le Touquet, France, will soon be renamed after this Englishwoman, who vacationed at the seaside town as a young woman |
