| THREESCORE | The total covers about sixty |
| ALNAFUD | The name for the northern portion of the larger Arabian Desert. It lies at an average elevation of 3,000 feet (900 metres) and covers about 25,000 square miles (65,000 square km). (2,5) |
| ASIAN | Like about sixty per cent of the world's population |
| ATLANTIC | It covers about 20% of the Earth's surface |
| OCEAN | It covers about 71% of the Earth's surface |
| THRILL | Work about sixty minutes? That's exciting |
| ASIA | Where about sixty per cent of humanity lives (4) |
| OSTRICH | It is the largest of all birds alive today. It stands 2.5 m tall and weighs about 130 kg, more than twice as much as the average human. It cannot fly, but it is a very fast runner, at about 60 km/h. |
| PACIFICOCEAN | Body of water that covers about 30% of the Earth's surface |
| EURASIA | It covers about 10.6% of the Earth's surface |
| EUROPE | It covers about 2% of the earth's surface (6) |
| THREE | Article covers about half of this clue (5) |
| ENVELOPES | Postal covers about eleven POs supply (9) |
| NONPAREIL | Peerless upright covers about level (9) |
| AREA | Drivers organisation covers about an acre perhaps (4) |
| NADIR | All-time low as papers printed covers about ... (5) |
| TEHRAN | Capital about 60 miles from the Caspian Sea |
| THRUM | Stomach about 60 minutes of the Fringe (5) |
| CORALSEA | The ___ ___ Islands are an external territory of Australia that cover about 300,000 square miles (780,000 square km). |
| EIDERDOWN | Bed cover about which, perhaps, I wondered (9) |
