| POLARCIRCLES | Two parallels of latitude each at a distance from the pole of the earth equal to 23 degrees and 27 minutes (5,6) |
| POLAR | Of or near a pole of the earth or a celestial body |
| SUBTROPICAL | Love entering a strip club possibly between 23 degrees and 40 degrees (11) |
| SPIT | Layer of earth equal to a spade's depth (4) |
| TROPIC | Either of two parallels of latitude north and south of the equator |
| INDIA | Country that was first to land a spacecraft near the south pole of the Moon in 2023 (5) |
| TROPICS | Parallels of latitude |
| TOTEM | Pole of the Pacific Northwest |
| EQUATOR | The great circle of the earth with a latitude of 0 degrees, lying equidistant from the poles (7) |
| CIRCLE | Meaning "ring", a closed curve resembling such; the shape of a big top's arena; a planet's orbit; a figure in magic; or, a parallel of latitude (6) |
| MINOR | Of a musical scale, having a semitone interval between the second and third degrees, and the fifth and sixth (5) |
| LATITUDE | Angular distance of a place on the earth's surface north or south of the equator. usually expressed in degrees and minutes (8) |
| OUTPOST | Military station at a distance from the main body of an army, typically in a remote or sparsely populated location (7) |
| EVE | Excitement Central, NYC: A glittery ball is lowered at Times Square each at the stroke of midnight on New Year's ___ |
| ARMATURE | Word for panoply; an iron keeper placed in contact with the poles of a magnet to preserve its power; or, a wire-wound core of a dynamo (8) |
| FORTIES | The areas of ocean between 40 degrees and 50 degrees latitude in the southern hemisphere (7,7) |
| ROARING | The areas of ocean between 40 degrees and 50 degrees latitude in the southern hemisphere (7,7) |
| AWAY | To or at a distance from the place, the person or thing in question |
| ERNESTSHACKLETON | British explorer who, in 1909, reached a new furthest south latitude of 88 degrees and 23 minutes |
| OFF | At a distance from the wheel of fortune (3) |
