| FRIULI | Historic region between the Gulf of Venice and the Carnic Alps (6) |
| SINAI | Region between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba |
| MESOPOTAMIAN | Relating to a large historic region between the Tigris and Euphrates (12) |
| ACHAIA | Before the Roman conquest in 146 BCE, what was the name given to a strip of land between the Gulf of Corinth in the north and Elis and Arcadia in the south? (6) |
| ARNICA | A plant with healing properties found in the Carnic Alps (6) |
| ISCHIA | Volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea between the gulfs of Gaeta and Salerno, part of the Campania region of SW Italy (6) |
| PIAVE | River rising in the Carnic Alps in NE Italy which flows past Belluno to the Gulf of Venice (5) |
| REDSEA | Body of water between the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal (3,3) |
| RIALTO | Area of Venice and name of the city's oldest bridge over the Grand Canal (6) |
| TORRID | The ___ Zone (region between the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer) |
| CANAAN | An ancient region between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean (6) |
| ARABIA | Region between the Red Sea and Persian Gulf |
| LEPANTO | Port city of western Greece between the Gulfs of Corinth and Patras; site of a 1571 naval battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League of Pope Pius V (7) |
| ALSACE | Region between the Vosges and the Rhine |
| KRA | Isthmus of ___, narrow neck of the Malay Peninsula between the Gulf of Thailand and the Bay of Bengal (3) |
| SORRENTO | Port and resort of southern Italy occupying a peninsula between the Gulf of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno (8) |
| YUCATAN | A northeastern projection of Central America, lying between the Gulf of Mexico to the west and north and the Caribbean Sea to the east. (7) |
| CAPEYORK | Northernmost extremity of Australia, projecting into the Torres Strait between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. (4,4) |
| MALAY | Peninsula between the Gulf of Thailand and the Strait of Malacca |
| LIAODONG | Large peninsula of NE China extending southwards into the Yellow Sea between the gulf of Bo Hai and Korea Bay (8) |
