| VALPARAISO | City in central Chile that is the chief port of the country (10) |
| ATACAMA | Desert in Chile that contains the largest ground telescope in the world (7) |
| BICYCLECHAIN | Funny baccy in Chile that keeps the wheels turning (7,5) |
| ARABIANSEA | Karachi in Pakistan and Mumbai in India are the chief ports of this northern branch of the Indian Oc |
| ALEXANDRIA | The chief port of Egypt, on the Nile Delta (10) |
| MANILA | What is the chief port of the Philippines? (6) |
| LAGOS | The chief port of Nigeria, the most populous city of that country (5) |
| DUBAI | Which city is the chief port and commercial centre of the United Arab Emirates? (5) |
| MARSEILLES | It functioned as the main trade port of the French Empire |
| NASSAU | The capital and chief port of the Bahamas, on the coast of the island of New Providence (6) |
| ADEN | What is the chief port of Yemen? (4) |
| BREST | Port in NW France that is the chief naval station of the country (5) |
| LAKEVICTORIA | Body of water in central Africa that is the chief reservoir of the River Nile (4,8) |
| TERESINA | Capital city and chief port of the state of Piaui in NE Brazil, on the Parnaiba River (8) |
| MILAN | Italian city that is the chief financial centre of the country (5) |
| GDANSK | On the Baltic Sea, the chief port of Poland (6) |
| PALMAS | Las --, city in Gran Canaria, chief port of the Canary Islands (6) |
| MATADI | Chief port of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (6) |
| IRTYSH | River of Siberia that is the chief tributary of the River Ob (6) |
| DONETSK | Ukrainian city that is the chief industrial centre of the Donbass (7) |
