| PRAIA | Capital and largest city of Cape Verde, on the south shore of Sao Tiago (Santiago) island (5) |
| EVIAN | ... water is an alkaline mineral water from a French spa on the south shore of Lake Geneva (5) |
| ISLIP | Town on the south shore of Long Island |
| CSLIP | Town on the south shore of Long Island |
| NEVES | President-elect of Cape Verde since 17 October 2021, succeeding Jorge Carlos Fonseca (4,5,5) |
| ERIE | City in Pennsylvania situated on the south shore of a lake of the same name |
| WAIKIKIBEACH | Tourist attraction on the south shore of the island of Oahu in Hawaii |
| JORGE | President of Cape Verde (5) |
| ILORI | Tiago ..... , 2013-17 Liverpool and 2017-19 Reading defender between spells at Sporting CP (5) |
| BANGOR | University city in NW Wales on the south shore of the Menai Strait (6) |
| CHICAGO | City in Illinois on the south shore of Lake Michigan (7) |
| TASCHEREAU | Big boulevard in The South Shore of Montreal sharing the surname of Quebec's Premier from 1920 to 1936 |
| MAHONE | Picturesque since-1754 town with three churches on its shore in the South Shore of Nova Scotia, ___ Bay |
| BOAVISTA | Easternmost and third-largest island of Cape Verde; from Portuguese, 'good view' (3,5) |
| TABLEMOUNTAIN | Backdrop for the South African city of Cape Town (2 wds.) |
| JOSEMARIA | President-elect of Cape Verde since 17 October 2021, succeeding Jorge Carlos Fonseca (4,5,5) |
| SAND | Ocean-liner going around Sao Tiago Island (4) |
| ESCUDO | Former money of Portugal and current currency of Cape Verde (6) |
| SAO | ___ Tiago (one of the Cape Verde islands) |
| SENEGAL | Country east of Cape Verde |
