| DRAKEPASSAGE | A strait between Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (5,7) |
| DRAKE | Strait between South America and the South Shetland Islands connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (5,7) |
| PASSAGE | Strait between South America and the South Shetland Islands connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (5,7) |
| PANAMA | ___ Canal Atlantic and Pacific Ocean-connecting canal |
| OBOE | Instrument family that includes the English horn and the bassoon |
| BOSPORUS | The ---, a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (8) |
| SUNDA | Name of a strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra (5) |
| RADCLIFFE | Daniel _, actor in the films Horns and The Woman in Black (9) |
| BITE | (& 23-across) Take the bull by the horns and the slug between the teeth (4,3,6) |
| NORTHCHANNEL | Strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea (5,7) |
| GENTOO | Penguin found in Antarctica, the South Shetland, South Orkney and South Sandwich Islands (6) |
| PANAMACANAL | 51-mile-long engineered waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (6,5) |
| SOLENT | The --- is a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (6) |
| KAMCHATKA | - Peninsula, area of Eastern Russia separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean (9) |
| SOUTHORKNEY | The - Islands are a group in the S. Atlantic southeast of Cape Horn (5,6) |
| BAFFINBAY | Sea connecting the Atlantic and Arctic oceans |
| COCONUTCRAB | Earth's largest terrestrial arthropod, found on some Indian and Pacific Ocean islands |
| STRAITOFMAGELLAN | Natural route from the Atlantic to the Pacific without rounding Cape Horn |
| CABOT | The Strait lies between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland (5) |
| CANAL | Central American waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Panama ... |