| LUZON | Chief island of the Philippines |
| MAHE | Chief island of the Seychelles housing the capital Victoria |
| RAROTONGA | Chief island of the Cook Islands, on which the national capital (Avarua) is located (9) |
| TORTOLA | Chief island of the British Virgin Islands, on which the capital, Road Town, is located (7) |
| TAHITI | Chief island of the Society Islands in French Polynesia (6) |
| MINDORO | Seventh-largest island of the Philippines, separated from Luzon by the Verde Island Passage (7) |
| SAMAR | Third- largest island of the Philippines, separated from Luzon to the north- west by the San Bernardino Strait (5) |
| BOHOL | Tenth-largest island of the Philippines, in the central Visayan group north of Mindanao (5) |
| MINDANAO | Second-largest island of the Philippines, known as the Land of Promise (8) |
| HONSHU | Name the chief island of Japan (6) |
| PANAY | Sixth-largest island of the Philippines, lying southeast of Mindoro (5) |
| LEYTE | Island of the Philippines (5) |
| GUAM | US island of the Philippines |
| TARAWA | Chief island of Kiribati, site of a World War II battle in November 1943 (6) |
| OAHU | Chief island of Hawaii |
| SULUSEA | Region of the western North Pacific between northeastern Borneo and the southwestern islands of the Philippines (4,3) |
| LENI | The first name of the vice President of the Philippines |
| MARCOS | Ferdinand _, president of the Republic of the Philippines from 1965 until he was ousted by the People Power Revolution in 1986 (6) |
| MANILA | Name the capital of the Republic of the Philippines (6) |
| TAGALOG | One of the main languages of the Philippines (7) |
