| DARJEELING | Town in West Bengal at an altitude of 6,700 ft, site of the Chamong Estate and the Happy Valley Tea Estate where the "champagne of teas" is cultivated (10) |
| BERNE | He wrote "The Happy Valley": 1968 |
| QEII | 6,700-ton Cunard liner, familiarly |
| AREQUIPA | City in S Peru, at an altitude of 2250m, founded in 1540 on the site of an Inca city |
| LAPAZ | Highest capital city in the world, in the Andes at an altitude of approximately 3,660 m (12,000 ft) (2,3) |
| SUCRE | Situated in the Andes at an altitude of around 2,810 metres, the constitutional capital of Bolivia; |
| QUITO | Capital city of Ecuador, in the Andes at an altitude of 2850 m (9350 ft) (5) |
| TROLLOPE | Author of the Chronicles of Barsetshire books and other novels including Castle Richmond, The Belton Estate and The Vicar of Bullhampton (8) |
| NAIROBI | Situated between Kampala and Mombasa and rising to an altitude of 5,889 ft, the capital of Kenya (7) |
| GROUNDS | Word for the sweeping manicured parklands, estate and formal gardens of an impressive stately home, but also the dregs in the bottom of one's coffee, as opposed to its top layer of foam (7) |
| STRATUS | Cloud at an altitude of 2,000 to 7,000 feet |
| EXOSPHERE | Earth's ____ begins at an altitude of about 400km |
| WHITE | Patrick -; Nobel Prize-winning author of novels including The Eye of the Storm, A Fringe of Leaves, Happy Valley and The Tree of Man (5) |
| WATSON | Actress in films including War Horse, The Book Thief, The Theory of Everything and The Happy Prince (6) |
| DUMDUM | Town in West Bengal associated with a type of bullet (3-3) |
| PEAFOWL | Often kept on the grounds of a country estate and known collectively as a muster, ostentation or a pride, the largest member of the pheasant family (7) |
| LANHYDROCK | Last week, two of my friends, who live in Claydon and East Lulworth, moved in together, to an area near Bodmin known for its country estate and mansion (10) |
| OSCARWILDE | Author of The Selfish Giant and The Happy Prince (5,5) |
| LOWEARTHORBIT | Orbit with an altitude of 2,000km above earth's surface (3,5,5) |
| SOARTO | Reach an altitude of |
