| KIANG | Variety of the wild ass, Equus hemionus, that occurs in Tibet and surrounding regions |
| ONAGER | A Persian variety of the wild ass Equus hemionus (6) |
| HAUSA | Member of a people of northern Nigeria and surrounding regions (5) |
| YURTS | Portable, circular nomadic homes of Mongolia and surrounding regions (5) |
| INDUS | River that rises in Tibet and flows to the Arabian Sea (5) |
| MACON | French city in the Saone valley that gave its name to a wine appellation and the surrounding region of vineyards (5) |
| YANGTZE | Long river rising in Tibet and flowing 3,900 miles into the East China Sea (7) |
| BATTLESHIP | Marine vessel out of place in Tibet and next answer (with height being involved) |
| ATOLL | Coral island and surrounding reef such as Diego Garcia (used by the US as a air base in the Indian Ocean) and Mururoa (used by the French to test nuclear weapons in the Pacific) |
| ARGALI | Largest species of wild sheep, found in the Himalayas, Tibet, and East Asia (6) |
| ZEBRA | Relative of the wild ass |
| UTTARAKHAND | State of northern India bordering Tibet and Nepal, named in its anthem as Devbhumi (Land of the Gods) (11) |
| YAKS | Large mammals found in Tibet and Mongolia |
| APOLLO | Which series of manned US spacecraft explored the moon and surrounding space in the 1960s? (6) |
| METROAREA | City of Winnipeg and the surrounding region, e.g. |
| IBEX | Mountain goat from heart of Tibet, and last of lynx |
| SHERPA | Member of a Himalayan people of Tibet and Nepal noted for their mountaineering skills (6) |
| MOMOS | Type of dumplings popular primarily in Nepal, Tibet and India |
| WYCLIFFE | Detective in a series of novels set in the author W. J. Burley's native Cornwall and surrounding areas (8) |
| ATTIC | Chief literary form of classical Greek, spoken and written in Athens and surrounding areas (5) |
