| GUMTREE | Short piece on metre-high eucalyptus (3,4) |
| ESSAY | Short piece on a given subject |
| CROCODILECLIP | Something gripping for the papers, a short piece on dangerous reptile (9,4) |
| METRIC | Of system based on metre (6) |
| METRICATION | Conversion to measurement based on metre (11) |
| SEQUOIA | Gigantic Californian conifer that grows up to 100 metres high (7) |
| POTOSI | 4000 metre high Bolivian city |
| LHASA | 3,700 metre high Asian city |
| CORCOVADO | Mountain or peak in Rio de Janeiro, site of the 30 metre-high statue known as Christ the Redeemer (9) |
| TITIAN | Born near the foot of the Dolomites circa 1490, the Renaissance master of the Venetian school whose works include his seven-metre-high Assunta, Bacchus and Ariadne and the Danae series (6) |
| ANSHAN | Chinese city that's home to an eight-metre high jade statue of Buddha |
| REDEEMER | Christ The - - -, 30-metre-high statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro, made of reinforced concrete and soapstone (8) |
| BURTON | Designer of Kew's Palm and Temperate Houses and also the grounds of London Zoo including its raven's cage and Tuscan giraffe house with five-metre-high doors (6) |
| ANGELFALLS | Venezuelan cascade that is a record 979 metres high |
| YOSEMITEFALLS | What, in eastern California, is the series of three waterfalls: the Upper Fall, 438 metres high; the |
| MACHU | This Inca city is situated over 2,000 metres high in the Andes, ... Picchu |
| NANGAPARBAT | At 8,126 metres high this mountain was first climbed by Hermann Buhl in 1953 (5,6) |
| ICEPACK | Short piece specially placed on 'orse - it may ease swelling |
| CLIMATE | Mood shown by couple on short piece of film |
| EPITAPH | Short piece of writing on a gravestone (7) |
