| ENGLISHCHANNEL | Body of water in which the Dover Strait is the narrowest part (7,7) |
| KRA | The Isthmus of --- is the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula (3) |
| NORTHSEA | The Dover Strait and the English Channel connect it to the Atlantic Ocean (5,3) |
| STRAIT | With an example found at the narrowest part of the English Channel, a passage connecting two larger areas of sea/water (6) |
| EDGEWAYS | With the narrowest part going first (8) |
| AGAMEOFFINCHES | Bird sport, where the outcome may depend on the narrowest of margins? |
| RIALTO | It is a stone-arch bridge that crosses over the narrowest point of the Grand Canal in Venice. It is also the oldest bridge across that canal. In The Merchant of Venice (act 1, scene 3), Shylock says, |
| IRISHSEA | Body of water in which the Isle of Man is situated (5,3) |
| AEGEANSEA | Body of water in which the island of Rhodes is found (6,3) |
| FIRTHOFCLYDE | Body of water in which the Isle of Bute lies |
| ATLANTIC | Body of water in which the island of St Helena lies |
| BALTICSEA | Body of water in which the Swedish island of Gotland lies (6,3) |
| CHALCIS | Largest town on the island of Euboea, Greece, at the narrowest point of the Euripus Strait |
| PRINCEWILLIAMSOUND | Stretch of water in which the Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989 |
| INDIANOCEAN | Body of water in which the Seychelles are located (6,5) |
| CARIBBEANSEA | Body of water in which the Cayman Islands are located (9,3) |
| GIDE | Andre -, French author of 1909 novel Strait is the Gate; 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature winner (4) |
| ANDREGIDE | French author of 1909 novel Strait is the Gate; 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature winner |
| DOVER | Strait of ___, narrowest part of the English Channel |
| MENAI | The Strait is a channel of the Irish Sea separating the Welsh mainland from Anglesey (5) |
