| DARDANELLES | Narrow strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara separating European from Asian Turkey, known in ancient times as the Hellespont (11) |
| TIRAN | Narrow straits between Sinai and Arabian peninsulas |
| HELLESPONT | Ancient name of the Dardanelles, the strait separating European and Asian Turkey (10) |
| BOSPORUS | The ---, a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (8) |
| BOSPHORUS | Connection between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara |
| TEKIRDAG | City in Turkey on the northern coast of the Sea of Marmara |
| CAPEYORK | Northernmost extremity of Australia, projecting into the Torres Strait between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. (4,4) |
| CRIMEA | Peninsula and autonomous region in the Ukraine between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov |
| RHODES | Largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands, separated from Turkey by the Strait of Marmara (6) |
| MONAPASSAGE | Strait between the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea (4,7) |
| SOLENT | The strait between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of England (6) |
| KOREA | An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan |
| CRIMEAN | Native of a peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (7) |
| SEAS | The Aegean and the Caribbean, for example |
| FETHIYE | City and holiday resort on the Aegean coast of Turkey known as Telmessos in antiquity (7) |
| GOLDEN | And 36 The - - - - - - Bridge spans the strait between the Pacific and San Francisco Bay (6,4) |
| UKRAINE | Republic of SE Europe on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (7) |
| BYZANTIUM | Ancient city on the Sea of Marmara (9) |
| TURKISHBATHS | Steamers on the Sea of Marmara? (7,5) |
| ORESUND | Danish name of the narrow strait known in English as the Sound (7) |
