| TSUGARUSTRAIT | Body of water between the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu in Japan (7,6) |
| SEIKANTUNNEL | Linking the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu, it is 51.7 km in length |
| JAPAN | Country occupying the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku (5) |
| OSAKA | City of Honshu in Japan |
| ASAMA | An active volcano on Honshu in Japan (5) |
| STRAITOFDOVER | Stretch of water between the North Sea and the English Channel (6,2,5) |
| ATLANTICOCEAN | Body of water between the U.S. and Europe (8,5) |
| INLAND | - Sea, body of water in SW Japan between the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu (6) |
| LAKEALBERT | Body of water between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley |
| SOLENT | The ___, body of water between the Isle of Wight and the British mainland (6) |
| KUSHIRO | Port city on the island of Hokkaido in Japan (7) |
| REDSEA | Body of water between the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal (3,3) |
| BASSSTRAIT | Body of water between the Australian mainland and one of its islands (4,6) |
| TYRRHENIAN | The ... Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between the islands of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and Italy (10) |
| MENAISTRAIT | Channel of the Irish Sea between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of North Wales (5,6) |
| BANDASEA | Portion of the western South Pacific lying between the islands of Sulawesi and New Guinea (5,3) |
| AMUNDSENSEA | Arm of the Southern Ocean off western Antarctica, between the islands of Thurston and Siple (8,3) |
| KRAKATOA | Volcanic caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra (8) |
| SAPPORO | Japanese city on the island of Hokkaido that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics (7) |
| YEN | Type of money spent on the island of Hokkaido |
