| SANJUAN | Capital of Puerto Rico (3,4) |
| SAN | Capital of Puerto Rico (3,4) |
| JUAN | Capital of Puerto Rico (3,4) |
| MOFONGO | Fried plantain dish of Puerto Rico |
| DELTORO | Surname of Puerto Rican actor Benicio |
| SPANISH | Language of Puerto Ricans |
| PINAS | Ingredients in the national drink of Puerto Rico, to Puerto Ricans |
| NOISE | Jennifer Lopez served as a producer of this drama film about the reggaeton music of Puerto Rico, Feel the ___ |
| COVE | Bay of Puerto Rico vehicular ferry terminal (4) |
| CODA | Musical conclusion to part of Puerto Rico dance (4) |
| GREENMANGO | Fruity-sounding hummingbird of Puerto Rico (5,5) |
| PINACOLADA | Official drink of Puerto Rico |
| PONCE | Port of Puerto Rico |
| INES | ___ Mendoza, former first lady of Puerto Rico |
| PRAIRIE | Blair ditching British left in favour of PR, that is plain (7) |
| MONAPASSAGE | Strait between the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea (4,7) |
| ANGUILLA | West Indies Island in the Leeward Islands group east of Puerto Rico (8) |
| PONCEDELEON | Juan ___, Spanish explorer and former governor of Puerto Rico who discovered Florida in 1513 (5,2,4) |
| REDFORD | US actor whose films include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, and who at aged 19 years spent two months painting in Mallorca, he also returned with his wife and children for a holiday |
| MARTIN | Ricky _ _ _ _ _ _ , byname of Puerto Rican singer/ songwriter known as the King of Latin Pop (6) |