| ORKNEYISLANDS | Archipelago of which Kirkwall is the main town (6,7) |
| ORKNEY | Islands of which Kirkwall is the capital (6) |
| ORKNEYS | Kirkwall is the capital of this British island group (7) |
| SUMMERISLES | Archipelago of which Tanera Mr is the largest island (6,5) |
| BAHAMAS | Archipelago of which Nassau is the capital (7) |
| SOUTHENDONSEA | Unfashionable London suburb's flanked by the main town in Essex (8-2-3) |
| ISLEOFSHEPPEY | Island off the northern coast of Kent whose main town is Sheerness |
| DORSET | Prehistoric peoples were active on the chalk uplands of this area. There are abundant monuments from the Neolithic Period, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. One monument, Maiden Castle, was the main town in R |
| ROTHESAY | The main town on the Isle of Bute (8) |
| BARNSTAPLE | The main town of North Devon, on the River Taw (10) |
| AMALFI | Commune in Salerno, the main town on a famously picturesque coast (6) |
| RECITAL | About to get to the main town without a piano concert (7) |
| ORCADIAN | An inhabitant of the Scottish island group whose capital is Kirkwall (8) |
| ISLEOF | Island off the northern coast of Kent whose main town is Sheerness |
| SCILLYISLES | Archipelago off southwest Cornwall whose main town is Hugh Town (6,5) |
| MAGNUS | Saint to whom the cathedral in Kirkwall in Orkney is dedicated (6) |
| IDOL | Up in Kirkwall Odin is an object of worship (4) |
| STKILDA | Remote archipelago of the western Outer Hebrides known as 'the islands at the edge of the world' (2,5) |
| DUBAI | The artificial archipelago of Palm Jumeirah is part of which city? (5) |
| ALDERNEY | Separated from the French coast by a hazardous tidal race, the Channel Island with the capital and main town St Anne (8) |
