| SAHARADESERT | Large arid area of Africa in which the Air Massif and Tibesti Mountains are located (6,6) |
| SIMPSON | Large arid area of central Australia: - desert |
| SAHARA | Arid area of Africa |
| LOBOLO | Practice in Southern Africa in which the bridegroom makes payment cattle etc. for the bride |
| NUBIA | Ancient region of north east Africa in which the Kushite Empire existed (5) |
| ANNAPURNA | - I; rising to its highest point at 26,545 ft, a massif and ultra-prominent peak in the Himalayas which is one of the 14 eight-thousanders (9) |
| DESERT | Large arid area (6) |
| EMIKOUSSI | Extinct volcano in the Sahara Desert forming the highest point in the Tibesti Mountains, photographe |
| MOROCCO | African country in which the Rif Mountains are located (7) |
| VERMONT | US state in which the Green Mountains are located (7) |
| CAHA | Which mountains are located on the Beara peninsula? (4) |
| VACUUMPACKED | Sealed in wrapping from which the air has been removed (6-6) |
| EMPHYSEMA | A condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are enlarged, causing shortness of breath (9) |
| DESSERTWINES | Reportedly complains at small place in arid area for drinks (7,5) |
| ATACAMA | And 39 Large arid region of northern Chile on the Pacific coast west of the Andes mountains (7,6) |
| PNEUMONIA | Inflammation of the lung in which the air sacs become filled with liquid (9) |
| BATEAREDFOX | Also called the Cape fox or big-eared fox, this large-eared canine is found in open, arid areas of eastern and southern Africa. It has 48 teeth, 6 more than any other canid. |
| GOBI | Vast arid area of Mongolia and China, where the first dinosaur eggs were discovered in 1923 (4) |
| CYCLONES | Violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round (8) |
| THEMALLEE | Those people sustained by a large shelter in a semi-arid area of Australian bush (3,6) |
