| CHRISTMAS | --- Island is a large coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean discovered by Cook in 1777 (9) |
| TABOO | Forbidden or disapproved of; introduced into English from Tongan by Captain Cook in 1777 (5) |
| WAKE | Coral atoll in the Pacific claimed by the Marshall Islands, site of a US Air Force base (4) |
| NIUE | The "Rock of Polynesia" in the South Pacific that is one of the largest coral atolls in the world (4) |
| KIRITIMATI | Largest coral atoll in the world, in the central Pacific; formerly (until 1981) called Christmas Island (10) |
| WAKEISLAND | Coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean, an unincorporated US territory between Guam and Hawaii |
| PEPPERONI | Season on island is a cut above the rest for Italian diners (9) |
| SAUTERNES | Wine from France is regularly covered by cook in fat |
| ENIWETOK | Atoll in the Pacific Ocean taken by the US from Japan in 1944 that later became a testing ground for |
| STAVROPOL | City in southwestern Russia founded in 1777 (9) |
| EMPORIUM | Atoll in the Pacific Ocean taken by the US from Japan in 1944 which later became a testing ground for atomic weapons (8) |
| TARAWA | Coral atoll of the Gilbert Islands in the westcentral Pacific Ocean; location of Bairiki, the administrative centre of Kiribati (6) |
| BIKINI | Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific used as a nuclear weapon testing site by the United States between 1946 and 1958 (6) |
| DIEGOGARCIA | Atoll in the Indian Ocean that is the largest of 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago |
| MIDWAY | The -- Islands are an atoll in the central Pacific, scene of a June 1942 battle (6) |
| MALDIVES | Island country in the Indian Ocean that consists of very low-lying coral atolls (8) |
| FRENCHPOLYNESIA | Overseas territory consisting of 118 islands and atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, capital Papeete (6,9) |
| ENEWETAK | Official name for an atoll in the Marshall Islands- a US testing ground for atomic weapons (8) |
| THESCHOOL | And 22 Down Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in London in 1777 (3,6,3,7) |
| FORSCANDAL | Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in London in 1777 (3,6,3,7) |
