| TROPOSPHERE | Zone 6-12 miles above the Earth where weather conditions manifest themselves |
| STRATOSPHERE | Layer above the earth where temperature generally increases with height (12) |
| IONOSPHERE | Region 30-250 miles above the earth's surface |
| ECOSPHERE | Outermost region of Earth's atmosphere, beginning at around 500 km (300 miles) above the surface (9) |
| MATERIAL | Miles above the ground collecting temperature data |
| HYPOCENTRE | The point within the earth where an earthquake originates (10) |
| STRATOPAUSE | Level of the atmosphere forming the boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere, around 30 miles above sea level (11) |
| EPPING | 12 miles by 2 miles forest of north-east London (6) |
| HARWELL | Site 12 miles south of Oxford, where the first atomic pile in England was created (7) |
| SATELLITEIMAGES | In weather reports, they show things like storm systems swirling above the Earth: 2 wds. |
| PINNER | London suburb 12 miles northwest of Charing Cross; birthplace in 1947 of Elton John (6) |
| SKY | The space above the Earth. |
| OZONELAYER | Old region developed early. It's above the earth (5,5) |
| OZONE | Colourless gas, a form of oxygen, found high above the earth's surface (5) |
| CLOUDS | Floating masses of moisture above the Earth's surface |
| FRIGID | The cold region inside the Arctic or Antarctic Circle where the sun's rays are very oblique is called the --Zone (6) |
| TMAN | "... earth, where moth and ___ doth corrupt" (Matt 6:19) |
| UPPERATMOSPHERE | About 20 miles from earth where one might have superior air (5,10) |
| MORDOR | Dark realm of Tolkien's Middle-earth where Mount Doom is located (6) |
| ROOSEVELT | Resolve to convert one of the 11 (6 12) seen on 26 17 (9) |
