| LIGURIANSEA | Arm of the northern Mediterranean lying between NW Italy and the island of Corsica (8,3) |
| LIGURIAN | Sea lying between NW Italy and Corsica, part of the northern Mediterranean (8) |
| ADRIATICSEA | An arm of the Mediterranean lying between the Italian and the Balkan peninsulas (8,3) |
| TYRRHENIANSEA | Arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily (10,3) |
| AJACCIO | Largest town on the island of Corsica (7) |
| DAVISSTRAIT | Narrow arm of the northern Atlantic that separates Baffin Island from Greenland (5,6) |
| WELLS | HG ___, author of the stories The Time Machine and The Island of Dr Moreau (5) |
| BELLEISLE | Strait of ___ ___ (Body of water between Labrador and the island of Newfoundland) |
| GULFOFMANNAR | Large, shallow bay of the Indian Ocean between South East India and the island of Sri Lanka (4,2,6) |
| HGWELLS | Prolific author of classic novels including The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau (1,1,5) |
| CAMPANIA | Region of Italy that includes Naples and the islands of Capri and Ischia |
| GREECE | Home to the poet Sappho and the island Lesbos, the origins of the words "sapphic" and "lesbian" |
| OCEANIA | How Australasia, the Malay Archipelago and the islands of the Pacific are collectively known (7) (7) |
| ADRIATIC | The ... Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula (8) |
| ALLENDE | Isabel ___, author of novels City of the Beasts and The Island Beneath the Sea (7) |
| NOTOGAEA | Biogeographical term refers to Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the Pacific? (8) |
| SARDINIA | With the capital Cagliari and situated directly south of Corsica, the secondlargest island in the Mediterranean Sea, site of Costa Smeralda (8) |
| KENASTON | 1963 FA Cup Final referee associated with the 1962 FIFA World Cup game in Santiago between Chile and Italy and the introduction of red and yellow cards (3,5) |
| NORSE | Old --; language of the Vikings; a form of which was spoken in Orkney and the islands mentioned in 3 |
| RURAL | Heather Humphreys is the Minister of Justice, Social Protection, Community and _____ Development and the Islands. (5) |
