| ELAYNE | Timpanist Jones who co-founded the racially integrated Symphony of the New World, which performed its premiere concert in 1965 |
| SON | Wright-written novel about a young man's trials in the racially charged world of 1930's Chicago |
| SEAS | Symphony of the ___ (world's largest passenger ship) |
| BEREA | First coed and racially integrated college in the South |
| HEATHROBINSON | Artist for Punch whose drew absurdly complicated mechanical contraptions which performed menial tasks |
| TOWERBRIDGE | Possibly one of the most recognised bridges in the world, which bridge over the River Thames was designed by the City of London architect, Horace Jones, and John Wolfe Barry? (5,6) |
| ALEXANDRIA | Great Library of ___ one of the largest libraries of the ancient world which also inspired the modern library in Egypt |
| WALL | Great ___ of China one of the 7 wonders of the world which is approximately 13170 miles long |
| MIDDLEEARTH | Fantasy world which is the setting of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (6-5) |
| REDEEMER | Christ the ___ one of the 7 wonders of the world which is approximately 125-feet concrete and soapstone statue situated in Rio de Janeiro |
| MORTLOCK | Considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world, which wing of the South Australian State Library was opened in 1884 and housed 23,000 books? (8) |
| PICCHU | Machu ___ one of the 7 wonders of the world which is an Inca citadel located in Peru |
| LOCUST | Insect of warm and tropical regions of the Old World which travels in swarms which strip vegetation (6) |
| COLOSSUS | One of the Seven Wonders of the World which stood by Rhodes harbour entrance |
| EMEA | Acronym for the major economic region of the world which includes the UK (4) |
| CONQUISTADOR | Any of the Spanish conquerors of the New World in the 16c (12) |
| MAHLERIAN | In the style of the "Symphony of a Thousand" and "Das Lied von der Erde" |
| SALCHOW | A jump in ice skating named after the Swedish skater who first performed it |
| LUTZ | Figure skating jump named after the Austrian skater who first performed it in 1913 |
| OPEC | Abbreviation for the major geopolitical and economic region of the world which includes China (4) |