| NICARAGUA | Central American republic on the Caribbean and the Pacific (9) |
| VENEZUELA | South American republic, on the Caribbean (9) |
| CHILE | South American republic on the Pacific, the capital of which is Santiago (5) |
| CHILEANS | Citizens of a S. American republic on the Pacific coast (8) |
| KAMCHATKA | Peninsula in far eastern Russia, lying between the Sea of Okhotsk on the west and the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea on the east. (9) |
| CABRIOLET | One way to travel from California to South American city over heart of Caribbean and the French Territory (9) |
| AUSTRALIA | Country and smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific (9) |
| SARGASSOSEA | Calm area of the N. Atlantic between the Caribbean and the Azores (8,3) |
| GUATEMALA | Central American republic whose departments include Zacapa, Quiche and Peten (9) |
| CARTAGENA | Oil-refining centre in Colombia, on the Caribbean Sea (9) |
| VOODOO | What religious witchcraft is practised in the Caribbean and the southern US? (6) |
| SEAS | The Caribbean and the Mediterranean, for two |
| ANIL | Flowering leguminous shrub of the Caribbean and the Americas that yields indigo dye; Indigofera suffruticosa (4) |
| COSTARICA | Central American republic which gained independence from Spain in 1821 (5,4) |
| HOKKAIDO | The northernmost of the four main islands of Japan. It is bordered by the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Sea of Okhotsk to the north, and the Pacific Ocean. (8) |
| ORLANDOBLOOM | Actor who starred in both the Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings movie franchises: 2 wds. |
| IRENE | First major Atlantic hurricane of the 2011 season, which hit the Caribbean and mainland US in late August (5) |
| BAJACALIFORNIA | Spanish name for Lower California, the peninsula of northwestern Mexico, bounded by the United States, the Gulf of California, and the Pacific Ocean. (4,10) |
| HENRYMORGAN | Welsh buccaneer who plundered colonies in the Caribbean and has a rum brand named for him: 2 wds. |
| OYSTER | Edible bivalve mollusc whose types include the Native and the Pacific (6) |
