| ROCKYMOUNTAINS | Vast system of peaks in North America (5,9) |
| GALAXIES | Vast systems of stars, gas, and dust that contain nearly all of the universe's visible matter (8) |
| ALTAIMOUNTAINS | Range of peaks in Asia where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge (5,9) |
| MASSIF | Large group of peaks in a mountain range (6) |
| ORANGE | First overhang on series of peaks in free state at one time (6) |
| ATLASMOUNTAINS | Series of peaks crossing northwestern Africa |
| TATRAMOUNTAINS | Series of peaks forming a natural border between Slovakia and Poland (5,9) |
| ELIAS | Mount Saint ___, fourth-highest peak in North America |
| MCKINLEY | Mount ___, highest peak in North America (8) |
| MOUNT | The highest peak in North America |
| DENALI | The highest peak in North America (6) |
| MOUNTMCKINLEY | Highest peak in North America, now known by its native American name, Denali (5,8) |
| TROUGH | A hollow between wave crests; the opposite of "peak" in economics; or, from "wooden container", an animal's oblong drinker or feeder (6) |
| ALASKA | Home of 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the U.S. |
| HILLS | Elevated landmasses smaller than mountains such as Marilyns, summited in a form of peak bagging; flocks of ruffs; or, tumps of earth created by burrowing moles (5) |
| MASSIFS | Widespread possibilities of some sets of peaks (7) |
| NEPAL | Country between China and India with the capital Kathmandu, site of eight out of the 10 highest peaks in the world (5) |
| JURAMOUNTAINS | Range of peaks demarcating a long part of the French Swiss border (4,9) |
| MOUNTAINRANGE | Chain of peaks, for example the Sierra de Tramuntana in Mallorca (8,5) |
| FUJI | Peaks in fact undeniably Japanese icons - one of those? |
