| ANGELFALLS | Venezuelan cascade that is a record 979 metres high |
| PANIC | PlusWord No 979 |
| YOSEMITEFALLS | What, in eastern California, is the series of three waterfalls - the Upper Fall 436 metres high, the Middle Fall 190 metres, and the Lower Fall 98 metres? (8,5) |
| KERR | Her six Best Actress nominations without a win is a record |
| DISC | Is in Washington area, which is a record (4) |
| PROVENANCE | What is a record of ownership of a work of art? (10) |
| PEDIGREE | What is a record of descent of a purebred animal? (8) |
| SEQUOIA | Gigantic Californian conifer that grows up to 100 metres high (7) |
| ENTRY | List of competitors is a record |
| AGE | 122 is a record one |
| ALBUM | Part of local bumper crop is a record (5) |
| REGISTRAR | Rare problem has substance - Republican is a record holder (9) |
| CRIMESHEET | In the sphere of misdeeds this is a record (5,5) |
| ANNAL | What is a record of the events of one year? (5) |
| MACHU | This Inca city is situated over 2,000 metres high in the Andes, ... Picchu |
| POPPED | DUP unopposed, lie to constituents, is a record for Wet x3 (6,2,6,3) |
| INSOULEDOUT | DUP unopposed, lie to constituents, is a record for Wet x3 (6,2,6,3) |
| NANGAPARBAT | At 8,126 metres high this mountain was first climbed by Hermann Buhl in 1953 (5,6) |
| EUCALYPTUS | Tree of the myrtle family yielding timber, oil and gum; one of the biggest of such trees in Europe can be found in Galicia, Spain, called "El Abuelo" it was planted in around 1880, is nearly 70 metres |
| ANSHAN | Chinese city that's home to an eight-metre high jade statue of Buddha |
