| ONONDAGA | - Lake, body of water in central New York State north-west of Syracuse (8) |
| SYRACUSE | City in central New York State on Lake Onondaga (8) |
| LAKECHAD | Body of water in Central Africa, on the border of Nigeria (4,4) |
| ONEIDA | Lake ... in central New York state lies NE of Syracuse (6) |
| MOHAWK | A river in central New York State; the largest tributary of the Hudson (6) |
| NYASA | Lake ___, body of water in central Africa at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley (5) |
| NIPIGON | Lake ___, body of water in central Ontario that drains into Lake Superior (7) |
| THUN | Lake ___, body of water in central Switzerland formed by a widening of the Aare River (4) |
| CONSTANCE | Lake ____ , body of water in central Europe known in German as Bodensee (9) |
| LAKEVICTORIA | Body of water in central Africa that is the chief reservoir of the River Nile (4,8) |
| LAKEMANITOBA | Body of water in Central Canada, draining into Lake Winnipeg (4,8) |
| UTICA | City in central New York state (5) |
| LAKENYASA | Body of water in Central Africa at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley, also called Lake Malawi (4,5) |
| LAKELUCERNE | Body of water in central Switzerland, fed and drained chiefly by the Reuss river (4,7) |
| ARALSEA | Former body of water in central Asia |
| LAKETANGANYIKA | Body of fresh water in central Africa between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the longest and second-largest of its kind on earth (4,10) |
| ELMIRAMAILER | Postal item in central New York? |
| FINGERLAKES | Resort region in central New York |
| ERIE | Canal in central New York |
| COLGATE | University in central New York |
