| OLDDRAGONSHEAD | Section of the eastern end of this puzzle's landmark, so named for its resemblance to a mythical beast drinking from the sea |
| SNAPDRAGON | Spring bloom named for its resemblance to a mythical creature |
| MINGDYNASTY | Group that was in power when the best-preserved form of this puzzle's landmark was built |
| WAIKIKI | Diamond Head forms the south-eastern end of this Honolulu beach |
| SOAP | Bar found at the end of this puzzle's seven longest answers |
| LAZYDOG | End of this puzzle's theme |
| HAWKEBAY | Section of the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand stretching from the Mahia Peninsula in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers/Te Kauwae-a-Maui in the southwest |
| YELLOWRIVER | Body of water meeting this puzzle's landmark at a spot known in English as Old Ox Bay |
| WILDCOAST | Rugged shoreline section of the Eastern Cape(4,5) |
| THEAMAZINGRACE | Reality competition series whose first season featured this puzzle's landmark |
| OXBOW | A horseshoe bend or meander in a river, named for its resemblance to the U-shape of the collar of a yoke (2-3) |
| ICING | Frosting, glace or other such naturally white sugary sweet glaze or topping named for its resemblance to frozen water; or, alluding to its enhancement of a cake, a word for a bonus or unexpected extra |
| BRUSH | Twiggy lopping of trees; a besom, broom or whisk; or, a white-tipped tail of a fox, named for its resemblance to an artist's traditional filbert, rigger or other paint applicator of the same name (5) |
| MOUSE | An originally corded device named for its resemblance to a long-tailed rodent; or, with "potato", in imitation of "couch potato", a person who spends excessive amounts of time sat at a computer, using |
| BRACKET | From "codpiece" or "breeches", an architectural support, such as a corbel, supposedly named for its resemblance to the aforesaid pouch; or, either of a pair of parentheses ( ) [ ] { } for enclosing wo |
| MERLOT | From French patois for "little blackbird", a Bordeaux grape variety, named for its resemblance to the blue-black colour of said ouzel (6) |
| SCOTCH | _ bonnet, hot chilli pepper named for its resemblance to a tam o' shanter (6) |
| PAVE | Rustic "cobblestone" bread named for its resemblance to a traditional rectangular French sett (4) |
| DODO | From the Portuguese meaning "simpleton", a flightless bird hunted to extinction, so named for its apparent lack of fear of human beings (4) |
| MARCONIRIG | Sailboat configuration named for its resemblance to a radio antenna |
