| KANCHENJUNGA | World's third-highest mountain, called Five Treasures of Snow after its peaks (12) |
| DRIFTS | Mounds of snow after day breaks (6) |
| DARJEELING | Hill station and town at an altitude of around 6,700ft in West Bengal noted for its view of Kangchenjunga (the world's third-highest mountain) and tea (10) |
| EVEREST | Mountain called Chomolungma in Tibetan |
| RANGE | Number of mountains called Everest, initially |
| TRAMPOLINIST | My performance reaches its peak when I'm on the rebound |
| JUMPTHESHARK | Pass its peak, slangily, as a TV series |
| LUCANIA | Canada's third-highest mountain after Logan and Saint Elias |
| DAMPIER | New Zealand's third-highest mountain after Aoraki and Tasman (7) |
| HELVELLYN | England's third-highest mountain, between Thirlmere and Ullswater (9) |
| KANGCHENJUNGA | Third highest mountain in the world (13) |
| BRAERIACH | Scotland's third-highest mountain (9) |
| ZERAVSHAN | Mountain range in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It extends for more than 230 miles (370 km) east-west parallel to the Turkistan Range, and many of its peaks rise more than 16,500 feet (5,000 metres), the |
| TOYS | Thinks idly about principal treasures of yesterday's summers (4) |
| GLOOMY | Shelter from snow after I shook off my cold (6) |
| CHOCTAW | One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes |
| MOSCHATEL | Small herbaceous perennial plant with musk-scented flowers also called five-faced bishop and townhal |
| GOBANG | Japanese board game also called Five in a Row |
| LYON | A Roman military colony called Lugdunum was founded on the site of this French city in 43 BCE, and it subsequently became the capital of the Gauls. This place reached its peak of classical development |
| ELTONJOHN | Singer whose Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour is the third highest-grossing concert tour of all time, after Coldplay's Music of the Spheres: 2 wds. |
