| BLACKSEA | Area of water off the coast of Romania (5,3) |
| STRAIT | Area of water off Tasmania: Bass - |
| CORALSEA | Body of water off the northeast coast of Australia (5,3) |
| CARDIGAN | --- Bay, body of water off the Welsh coast |
| ADEN | Gulf of ___ (body of water off the coast of Yemen) |
| SIDRA | Gulf of ___ (body of water off the coast of Libya) |
| GUINEA | Gulf of ___, body of water off the coast of Nigeria (6) |
| NORTHSEA | What is the water off the east coast of England? (5,3) |
| INSOLENT | Fresh, in water off the Isle of Wight |
| BAY | Tampa ___ (body of water off the Gulf of Mexico) |
| LAKEERIE | Body of water off Buffalo |
| GULFOFTONKIN | Waters off the coast of Vietnam where the USS Maddox was allegedly attacked twice in August 1964 |
| IRISHSEA | The water off Holyhead one shares with one like this (5,3) |
| LAMANCHE | Hit an old insurgent in the water off France (2,6) |
| BENGAL | Bay of ___, waters off the east coast of India (6) |
| TIMORSEA | Brief hint: solver needs answer that's "water off Australia" (5,3) |
| GOODWINSANDS | A dangerous stretch of shallow water off the Deal coast in Kent (7,5) |
| STOLEN | Hot water off the south coast, after temperature rises by 4 degrees? (6) |
| INDIAN | --- Ocean, body of water off Aussie west coast (6) |
| BAFFINBAY | Large body of water off Greenland's west coast |
