| NANTUCKET | Island off SE Massachusetts, US; a former centre of the whaling industry (9) |
| REPLICATE | Island off SE Massachusetts, US; a former centre of the whaling industry (9) |
| CAPECOD | Long sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts, US (4,3) |
| MADAGASCAR | Island off SE Africa |
| TAIWAN | Island off southeast China formerly known as Formosa (6) |
| TASMANIA | Island state off SE Australia |
| MARTHASVINEYARD | Island and summer resort in Massachusetts, US |
| MARTHAS | Island and summer resort in Massachusetts, US (7) |
| VINEYARD | Island and summer resort in Massachusetts, US (8) |
| GRANDBANKS | Submarine plateau of the continental shelf off SE Newfoundland, Canada (5,5) |
| BOSTON | State capital of Massachusetts, US |
| FOREVER | Foreign Office setback cutting off southeast permanently |
| COD | Cape ?, peninsula in Massachusetts, US, housing the resort of Provincetown (3) |
| SALEM | Historic coastal city in Massachusetts, US, and site of the famous witch trials of 1692-3 (5) |
| AMERICA | Finally Condoleezza Rice misled in Massachusetts, USA (7) |
| BAYSTATE | A nickname for Massachusetts, USA (3,5) |
| CHAPPAQUIDDICK | Small island off the Massachusetts coast (14) |
| PIM | Island off the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island |
| TRIMARAN | A crafty type cut off from island off Galway (8) |
| ARAN | -- Island, off NW Ireland |
