| ICESHELF | Thick mass of floating ice that is attached to land, a phenomenon that fringes about 45 percent of Antarctica (3,5) |
| RESONANCE | A phenomenon that may be produced by synchronous vibration (9) |
| ENTHUSIASTIC | Warm sun and ice that is melting |
| RINGOFFIRE | Long horseshoe-shaped seismically active belt of earthquake epicentres, volcanoes, and tectonic plate boundaries that fringes the Pacific basin. (4,2,4) |
| SADDLE | Seat with parts including cantle, pommel and tree that is attached to a horse by means of a girth (6) |
| ICEBERG | Floating mass of freshwater ice that has broken from the seaward end of either a glacier or an ice shelf. (7) |
| RAFT | Word for a beam in the Middle Ages, later a buoyant platform of logs or planks for conveyance on water; or, a dense mass of floating wildfowl or otters, reminiscent of said flat boat (4) |
| CLUTTER | From an old word for a thick mass of blood or cream, a term for a disorderly accumulation of bodies, objects or things, whether attic junk, babble, bric-a-brac, cats, jumble, thoughts or even visions |
| ICECAP | A thick mass of glacial frozen water and snow that permanently covers an area of land (6) |
| GLACIER | Any large mass of perennial ice that starts on land and slowly flows down a slope. The effects of global warming are causing these structures to shrink and disappear. (7) |
| SCONCE | A candle holder that is attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket (6) |
| COWRIE | Marine creature that is attached to the tail of a female whale, right? (6) |
| LABEL | Identify or descriptive marker (usually piece of paper) that is attached to an object (5) |
| SPINNAKER | Large triangular headsail that is attached to a boat's front mast for running before the wind |
| CLOUD | Mass of floating water droplets studied in nephology; a swarm of gnats; or, a remote area in cyberspace for storing computer/smartphone data (5) |
| NESSIE | A monster's head that is attached to rear |
| HANKIE | Piece of cloth that is attached to loop |
| SCARIEST | Most frightening sign of injury that is attached to the street (8) |
| HANKIES | Coil that is attached to front of several waste disposal units (7) |
| BERG | Mass of floating ice (4) |
