| ANGLESEY | An island of North Wales, separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait (8) |
| NEWFOUNDLAND | An island of east Canada, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Belle Isle (12) |
| FUEGO | Archipelago at the southern extremity of South America separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan; Spanish, ' land of fire' (6,3,5) |
| ORKNEY | A group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth |
| THANET | Isle of ?, area of Kent formerly separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel |
| SKYE | Scottish island separated from the mainland by the Kyle of Lochalsh (4) |
| ISLEOF | Area of NE Kent formerly separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel (4,2,6) |
| DJEMBE | Situated in the Gulf of Gabes off the coast of Tunisia, the largest island of North Africa, where some of the Star Wars scenes were filmed in Ajim (6) |
| BANGOR | City in north Wales on the mainland side of the Menai Strait (6) |
| ORKNEYISLANDS | What is separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth? (6,7) |
| MENAISTRAIT | Channel of the Irish Sea between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of North Wales (5,6) |
| OLAND | Second-largest island of Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Strait (5) |
| HANOI | In which Asian city is Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as Lake of the Restored Sword, where the Temple of the Jade Mountain is connected to the mainland by the red The Huc Bridge? (5) |
| TELFORD | Nicknamed the Colossus of Roads by Robert Southey, a builder of canals, churches, roads, aqueducts and a number of bridges including one spanning the Menai Strait (7) |
| CANVEYISLAND | Area of land in the Thames Estuary in Essex, separated from the mainland by a network of creeks (6,6) |
| EUBOEA | Greek island believed to have been separated from the mainland by an earthquake |
| ISLE | Australian state separated from the mainland by Bass Strait, Tasmania is also called the Apple ... |
| PLASNEWYDD | Anglesey house and estate on the shores of the Menai Strait, the home to many paintings by Rex Whistler (4,6) |
| ISLEOFWIGHT | Land separated from the mainland of England by the Solent (4,2,5) |
| ROBERT | ___ Stephenson, English civil engineer who designed the Britannia Bridge that crosses the Menai Strait to Anglesey (6) |
