| LAPAZ | Capital at almost 12,000 feet |
| TAXIS | N. Y. C. has almost 12,000 of these |
| LHASA | Capital at about 12,000 feet |
| EVEREST | Alpinist Davo Karniar once skiied 12,000 feet down this mountain |
| NYMPH | Divine maiden at almost any speed (5) |
| NATAL | A little shaken at almost touching the buttocks (5) |
| NOACCOUNT | What you have at almost all banks? |
| LOIRE | French river at almost inadequate level incurs anger (5) |
| KILOMETRESPERSECOND | Light in a vacuum travels at almost 300,000 ____ |
| LHASAN | Resident of a city at nearly 12,000 feet |
| ACADEMICS | They're learned about at almost half past one ___ it's a gas! (9) |
| TWIN | One of two children born to the same mother at almost the same time (4) |
| FAST | A barracuda -- also known as "the tiger of the sea" -- is a speedy fish that chases its prey at almost 30 mph (You might say that he loves ___ food) |
| RIBALDRY | Indelicate humour used to poke fun at almost everything to do with prohibitionist (8) |
| TRENCH | The Mariam ___, deepest oceanic point on Earth at almost 11km below the surface (6) |
| ONEWAY | At almost one, two directions anyway empty, it's unidirectional (3-3) |
| TIMBERLINE | Near 12,000 feet in the Rockies |
| QUITO | Capital at over 9,000 feet |
| SANAA | World capital at 7,200+ feet elevation |
| ORCAS | Mammals that may weigh up to 12,000 pounds |
