| PHOENICIA | Ancient country extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Lebanon Mountains (9) |
| REDSEA | The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to this body of water (3,3) |
| STANHOPE | William Pitt the Younger's niece who gave up aristocratic life and travelled the Middle East dressed as a sheikh on her Arab stallion, settling in a ruined convent in the Lebanon Mountains (8) |
| BEIRUT | City flanked by the Lebanon Mountains |
| IONIANSEA | Bay of the Mediterranean Sea, connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north (6,3) |
| APENNINES | Mountain range of central Italy extending from the Ligurian Alps in the north-west to the Strait of Messina in the south (9) |
| GREATWALL | Defensive structure constructed in the 3c B.C. stretching from the Yellow Sea to the central Asian d |
| GREATGLEN | The --- ---, a fault valley across the whole of Scotland, extending from the Moray Firth in the East to Loch Linnhe (5,4) |
| PATAGONIA | The southernmost region of South America, in Argentina and Chile, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic (9) |
| FLATTYRES | The apartments around the Lebanon city are problems for drivers (4,5) |
| CARIBBEAN | Sea to the north of South America (9) |
| OTISGRAND | Award-winning British-based bluesman, born in the Lebanon (4,5) |
| SPEEDTRAP | Regions across sea to the west, a hazard for travellers in haste? |
| EASYTOSEE | Simply visible as a stormy sea to the eyes (4,2,3) |
| TASMANBAY | Area of sea to the north of South Island, New Zealand, also called Te Tai-o-Aorere (6,3) |
| STARSHAKE | Timber defect extending from the middle outward |
| GWYNEDD | It is a county in northwestern Wales, extending from the Irish Sea in the west to the mountains of Snowdonia in the east. Tourists flock to Caernarfon to see its castle, which, along with other fortif |
| MIDDLEEASTERN | From an area stretching from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean |
| SEAL | Don't open the bottle from the Mediterranean close to capital (4) |
| BALKAN | --- Mountains, mountain range extending across Bulgaria from the Black Sea to the Western border (6) |
