| DEVILSISLAND | Convict settlement off the coast of French Guiana where Captain Alfred Dreyfus was confined (6,6) |
| EMILE | ***** Zola, French writer who came to army captain Alfred Dreyfus' defence (5) |
| RENNES | French city where Dreyfus was retried |
| BOTANYBAY | Early convict settlement, just south of Sydney (6,3) |
| PENAL | Ring around northern type of convict settlement (5) |
| VILLAGE | In dreadful convict settlement (7) |
| ILEDUDIABLE | Which of the Safety Islands off the coast of French Guiana was a former French penal colony and is k |
| ISLAND | Former penal colony off the coast of French Guiana (6,6) |
| DEVILS | Former penal colony off the coast of French Guiana (6,6) |
| NEWCALEDONIA | Group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, capital NoumEa, where Captain Cook arrived in 1774 (3,9) |
| GILLIGANSHUT | Where Captain Jonas Grumby's "little buddy" slept |
| OFFICERSMESS | Where captains dine |
| CAYENNE | Very hot pepper that's also the name of the capital of French Guiana |
| ZOLA | Influential 19th century French writer who was an outspoken activist for the falsely-accused Alfred Dreyfus, Emile ... |
| EMILEZOLA | French novelist, who fought to clear the name of Alfred Dreyfus, d. 1902 (5,4) |
| JACCUSE | Name given to the open letter written by Emile Zola in defence of Alfred Dreyfus (7) |
| VILLAGES | Lives are disrupted by the putting in of convict settlements (8) |
| STUART | Family name of Mary, Queen of Scots who was confined for 19 years by her cousin Elizabeth I before her execution at Fotheringhay Castle (6) |
| ILE | ___ du Diable (part of French Guiana) |
| SURINAME | Neighbour of French Guiana (8) |
