| NORTHMINCH | Channel separating Lewis and Harris from the mainland of Scotland (5,5) |
| SIR | A male teacher in Harris, from the south (3) |
| NEIL | ___ Patrick Harris from How I Met Your Mother |
| MINCH | The ....., 2 separating the mainland of Scotland from Lewis and Harris (5) |
| SOLENT | Channel separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland of England (6) |
| MOZAMBIQUE | Namesake of the channel separating Madagascar from the African mainland |
| STRAIT | Menai ___, channel separating Anglesey from the mainland of Wales (6) |
| MENAISTRAIT | Channel of the Irish Sea separating Anglesey from the mainland of NW Wales (5,6) |
| PENTLANDFIRTH | Channel between the mainland of Scotland and the Orkney Islands (8,5) |
| MENAI | The - Strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of N.W. Wales (5) |
| BASSSTRAIT | Channel separating Tasmania from Australian mainland (4,6) |
| ISLEOFWIGHT | Land separated from the mainland of England by the Solent (4,2,5) |
| PALKSTRAIT | Channel separating India from Sri Lanka |
| FERRYRIDES | Get to British Columbia's coastal islands from the mainland by way of these: 2 wds. |
| CAITHNESS | Historic county at the tip of the North East mainland of Scotland (9) |
| PENTLAND | ___ Firth, channel between the mainland of N. Scotland and the Orkney Islands (8) |
| HEBRIDES | Outer ---, group of islands off the West coast of Scotland, the largest of which is Lewis and Harris (8) |
| STKILDA | This is a cluster of three small Atlantic islands in the Outer Hebrides group of Scotland, situated 110 miles (180 km) from the mainland. The islands are a nature reserve under the authority of the Na |
| BOOTHIA | The ... Peninsula of N Canada is the northernmost part of the mainland of North America (7) |
| CORINTH | The Isthmus of - connects the Peloponnesus with the mainland of Greece (7) |
