| ___ since | 9 |
| ___ present | 11 |
| __ and anon | 11 |
| Hillary's conquest | 22 |
| Mount -- | 8 |
| Hillary conquered it | 20 |
| Conquest of 1953 | 16 |
| "Into Thin Air" peak | 30 |
| World's highest peak | 24 |
| The Tibetans call it Chomolungma | 32 |
| Symbol of achievement | 21 |
| Highest mountain | 16 |
| Earth's apex | 16 |
| Conquest of 5/29/53 | 19 |
| World's highest mountain | 28 |
| View from Sagarmatha National Park | 34 |
| View from Darjeeling | 20 |
| Very high peak | 14 |
| Very high mountain | 18 |
| Ultimate challenge | 18 |
| The "it" of "Because it's there" | 56 |
| Site of a 1953 conquest | 23 |
| Site of "The Highest Marathon in the World" | 53 |
| Sir Edmund's challenge | 26 |
| Sight from Darjeeling | 21 |
| Scaler's dream | 18 |
| Sagarmatha, to the Nepalese | 27 |
| Sagarmatha alias | 16 |
| Place in the news, June 1953 | 28 |
| Peak of Tensing's life | 26 |
| Peak Norkay climbed | 19 |
| Peak first scaled in 1953 | 25 |
| News locale of 5/28/53 | 22 |
| Neighbor of K2 | 14 |
| Natives call it Chomolungma | 27 |
| Mountain previously named Peak XV | 33 |
| Mountain natives call Sagarmatha | 32 |
| Mountain known locally as Chomolungma | 37 |
| Major hurdle, metaphorically | 28 |
| Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" locale | 47 |
| K2 cousin | 9 |
| It's higher than K2 | 23 |
| It was scaled in just over eight hours in 2004 | 46 |
| It was first conquered in 1953 | 30 |
| Himalayan high point | 20 |
| Himalayan challenge | 19 |
| Hillary's pinnacle | 22 |
| Hillary's hill | 18 |
| Hillary's claim to fame | 27 |
| Hillary's challenge | 23 |
| Highest spot on earth | 21 |
| Highest peak | 12 |
| Goddess Mother of the World | 27 |
| Global apex | 11 |
| Engineer for whom a peak was named | 34 |
| Earth's highest peak | 24 |
| Climbing challenge that contains the Geneva spur and Khumbu icefall | 67 |
| Chomolungma's more familiar name | 36 |
| Challenging peak | 16 |
| Challenge that may involve crossing the Khumbu Icefall | 54 |
| Challenge for Hillary | 21 |
| Bleak peak | 10 |
| 29,000-foot landmark | 20 |
| "Queen of the Himalayas" | 34 |
| Puget Sound city | 16 |
| Puget Sound port | 16 |
| City near Seattle | 17 |
| Actor Chad | 10 |
| Senator Dirksen | 15 |
| Man's lounging slipper | 26 |
| City NNE of Seattle | 19 |
| Actor Rupert of "My Best Friend's Wedding" | 56 |
| "Medical Center" star | 31 |
| Washington town where Glenn Beck was born | 41 |
| Washington city on Puget Sound | 30 |
| Rupert of "My Best Friend's Wedding" | 50 |
| Orator Edward | 13 |
| Lincoln's co-speaker at Gettysburg | 38 |
| Former surgeon general C. ___ Koop | 34 |
| Edward ___ Hale | 15 |
| City north of Seattle | 21 |
| Chad of "Medical Center" | 34 |
| Chad ___ from South Bend | 24 |
| Actor Sloane of "Citizen Kane" | 40 |
| Actor Rupert | 12 |
| "Medical Center" co-star of 70's TV | 49 |
| Some yuletide decor | 19 |
| Yews, e.g. | 10 |
| Places for Christmas trim | 25 |
| Part of Yuletide décor | 25 |
| Ocotes, sapins, etc. | 20 |
| ___ Brothers | 12 |
| Pop's ___ Brothers | 22 |
| Songdom's ___ Brothers | 26 |
| Rock's Phil or Don | 22 |
| Rock Hall of Fame name | 22 |
| Rock duo's surname | 22 |
| Last name of musical brothers Don and Phil | 42 |
| Hitmaker Don or Phil | 20 |
| Either singer of "Cathy's Clown" | 46 |