| LONGISLANDSOUND | Body of water that separates the states of New York and Connecticut (4,6,5) |
| HUDSON | US river whose southern end forms a physical boundary between the states of New Jersey and New York (6) |
| TASMANSEA | Expanse of water that separates us from Australia (6,3) |
| CUBREPORTER | Does he inform us of new arrivals at the zoo? |
| THEGULFOFMEXICO | The states of Veracruz and Tabasco are on it |
| NEWENGLAND | Region of the United States consisting of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut |
| BETWEENYOUANDME | Where what separates us is to be kept secret (7,3,3,2) |
| BERING | ___ Strait, body of water that separates Russia and the U.S. (6) |
| TASMAN | ____ Sea, body of water that separates Australia and New Zealand (6) |
| NIAGARA | This rhododendron cultivar is also a river, gorge and natural feature on the border of the Canadian Province of Ontario and the US state of New York (7) |
| WHITEPLAINS | City nicknamed "The Birthplace of the State of New York" |
| MOHAWK | Largest tributary of the Hudson River in the state of New York, US (6) |
| BAY | Type of body of water that separates San Francisco from Oakland |
| REDSEA | A narrow body of water that separates Africa from the Arabian peninsula (3,3) |
| GARA | This rhododendron cultivar is also a natural water feature that straddles the border of Ontario and the US state of New York (4) |
| NIA | This rhododendron cultivar is also a natural water feature that straddles the border of Ontario and the US state of New York (3) |
| PERSIANGULF | Body of water that separates Iran from Saudi Arabia (7,4) |
| POUGHKEEPSIE | City in the state of New York on the Hudson River (12) |
| EXCELSIOR | 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; motto of the state of New York (9) |
| CHANNEL | English -, body of water that separates Britain from France (7) |
