| ABCISLANDS | Collective nickname for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao |
| ARUBA | Caribbean island near Bonaire and Curacao |
| ISLE | Aruba, Bonaire or Curacao |
| SPRIDGET | Collective nickname for Sprite and Midget (8) |
| LOBCITY | Collective nickname for today's Clippers, inspired by their lofty passing combinations |
| BONAIRE | With the capital Kralendijk, one of the ABC islands with Aruba and Curacao (7) |
| ISLANDS | Manhattan and Curacao, for two |
| CURACAO | Constituent country of the Netherlands that forms the ABC islands with Aruba and Bonaire (7) |
| TAI | Part of a rum and curacao cocktail |
| MAITAI | Cocktail whose main ingredients are rum and Curacao (3,3) |
| MAI | Rum and curacao cocktail, ... tai |
| DUTCH | Language spoken in Suriname, Curacao and Aruba |
| CARIBBEANISLES | Aruba and Curacao |
| CYAN | Blue curacao, yoghurt and neeps for starters? (4) |
| ISLES | Aruba and Antigua |
| RESORTS | Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda, and Bahamas |
| LASTRESORT | Vail, of Fiji, Aruba, Monaco and Vail? |
| WESTINDIES | Aruba, Saint Kitts and Barbados are part of it |
| ISLAND | Aruba or Ibiza for example |
| SCHWA | Either side of Aruba, for instance? |
