| WINDWARD | & 14D Strait in the Caribbean between Cuba and Hispaniaola (8,7) |
| WAROFJENKINSEAR | Conflict in the Caribbean between Great Britain and Spain 1739-48 (3,2,7,3) |
| LEEWARD | The --- Islands are a group in the Caribbean between Puerto Rico and Martinque (7) |
| WINDWARDPASSAGE | Channel between Cuba and Hispaniola |
| GREATERANTILLES | Grouping of larger islands in the Caribbean Sea that includes Cuba and Jamaica (7,8) |
| YUCATAN | Strait between Cuba and Mexico (7) |
| CADENZA | Solo passage from port between Cuba and South Africa (7) |
| TENYEARS | War between Cuba and Spain which lasted from 1868-78 (3,5) |
| TSUSHIMA | Name of the archipelago off the coast of southeastern Japan in the Korea Strait. In 1905 a Russian fleet was defeated by Japan in a battle of the same name, which took place north of the islands. (8) |
| CONCRETESHIPS | World War I and II vessels that form a floating breakwater on Malaspina Strait in the coastal Britis |
| SCAPAFLOW | Strait in the Orkney Islands (5,4) |
| HORMUZ | Strait in the Persian Gulf |
| EASTRIVER | Tidal strait in New York City separating Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx |
| TEXADA | Island called 'The Jewel of the Georgia Strait' in British Columbia |
| NARROWS | Strait in New York Bay, with 'the' |
| GREATER | A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba and Hispaniola (7,8) |
| ANTILLES | A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba and Hispaniola (7,8) |
| SYNDROME | Unexplained illnesses affecting employees in the US embassy in Cuba and elsewhere (6,8) |
| HAVANA | Unexplained illnesses affecting employees in the US embassy in Cuba and elsewhere (6,8) |
| STEAMER | South American trucker leaving strait in boat (7) |
