| PENTLAND | --- Firth, channel between the mainland of N. Scotland and the Orkney Islands (8) |
| PENTLANDFIRTH | Channel between the mainland of Scotland and the Orkney Islands (8,5) |
| MENAI | The - Strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of N.W. Wales (5) |
| SOLENT | A strait of the English channel between the mainland coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (6) |
| FIRTH | Channel between mainland Scotland and the Orkney Islands (8,5) |
| THEMINCH | Sea channel between the Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland (3,5) |
| PORTLAND | Peninsula joined to the mainland of Dorset by Chesil Beach which marks the Jurassic Coast's southernmost point (8) |
| MINCH | The-----, Atlantic sea channel between the Outer Hebrides island group and the mainland of Scotland (5) |
| BENEFITS | Fundraising events peak in Scotland and the police will have a good look at them (8) |
| HOGMANAY | New Year's Eve, especially in Scotland, and the celebration associated with it (8) |
| MENAISTRAIT | Channel of the Irish Sea between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of North Wales (5,6) |
| BOOTHIA | The ... Peninsula of N Canada is the northernmost part of the mainland of North America (7) |
| CALMAC | Major operator of ferries between mainland Scotland and the islands off the west coast (6) |
| NORTHMINCH | Channel separating Lewis and Harris from the mainland of Scotland (5,5) |
| DENMARK | It consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands |
| CORINTH | The Isthmus of - connects the Peloponnesus with the mainland of Greece (7) |
| GAELIC | Any of the closely-related Celtic languages of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, forming the Goidelic group (6) |
| SUNDASTRAIT | Channel between the islands of Java and Sumatra (5,6) |
| SCANDINAVIANPENINSULA | Land mass comprising the mainlands of two countries and part of a third, the largest of its kind in Europe |
| SWALE | Local government district in Kent, named after the narrow channel that separates the mainland of Ken |
