| SARGASSOSEA | A calm area of the North Atlantic, between the Caribbean and the Azores (8,3) |
| SARGASSO | The ... Sea is a calm area of the North Atlantic between the Azores and the Caribbean Sea (8) |
| MARYCELESTE | US brigantine found seaworthy but abandoned in the N Atlantic between the Azores and Portugal on December 4, 1872 (4,7) |
| HENRYMORGAN | Welsh buccaneer who plundered colonies in the Caribbean and has a rum brand named for him: 2 wds. |
| NICARAGUA | Central American republic between the Caribbean and the Pacific (9) |
| CHESAPEAKEBAY | Large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland (10,3) |
| FAEROES | Island group in the north Atlantic between Iceland and Shetland (7) |
| ANIL | Flowering leguminous shrub of the Caribbean and the Americas that yields indigo dye; Indigofera suffruticosa (4) |
| SEA | Part of the North Atlantic, lying between the West Indies and the Azores, notorious for its floating seaweed (8,3) |
| VOODOO | What religious witchcraft is practised in the Caribbean and the southern US? (6) |
| IRISHSEA | Arm of North Atlantic between GB and Ireland (5,3) |
| SEAS | The Caribbean and the Mediterranean, for two |
| SERENGETI | Understand one is after mostly calm area of the plain |
| ORLANDOBLOOM | Actor who starred in both the Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings movie franchises: 2 wds. |
| NORTHSEA | Arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the N European mainland |
| IRENE | First major Atlantic hurricane of the 2011 season, which hit the Caribbean and mainland US in late August (5) |
| ENGLISHCHANNEL | Arm of the Atlantic between England and France (7,7) |
| SOLE | Shipping forecast area in the NE Atlantic between Shannon and FitzRoy (4) |
| BERMUDA | ___ Triangle, mysterious area of the North Atlantic (7) |
| AWASH | An area of the North Sea covered with water! (5) |