| LIMPKIN | Crane-like bird also called a carrao found in Florida, West Indies and South America |
| SKIMMER | Tern-like bird also called a scissorbill (7) |
| ANGEL | The -- Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela on the Carrao River (5) |
| FLAW | Defect to Florida West (4) |
| KEY | Naval base off Florida, ... West |
| ANIL | Common name for a shrub (indigofera species) of the West Indies and South America, that is a source of indigo dye (4) |
| CARIBBEAN | Sea bounded by Central America, the West Indies and South America |
| AGOUTI | Hare-like animal of the West Indies and South America (6) |
| CARIBBEANSEA | Part of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by the West Indies and South America (9,3) |
| AGAMI | Crane-like bird native to Central and South America (5) |
| KING | Who scored a hundred for the West Indies and also won the player of the match award in its ODI against England in Bridgetown? (4) |
| JANGOO | Who scored an unbeaten hundred on his ODI debut and won player of the match award, too, in the third ODI between West Indies and Bangladesh in Basseterre in December 2024? (6) |
| BAHAMAS | A group of islands in the west Indies and a paradise for tourists |
| CREOLE | In the West Indies and Latin America a person of Spanish ancestry (6) |
| CHOCO | Cucumber-like fruit of the tropical vine Sechium edule, eaten as a vegetable in the West Indies and Australia (5) |
| BOLAND | Who took a hat-trick in the third Test match held between the West Indies and Australia in Kingston, Jamaica? (6) |
| KEYS | Islands, sand banks or reefs in the West Indies and Florida (4) |
| DAVIT | A crane-like device on a ship for lowering boats and anchors |
| VULTURE | Crane-like bird (7) |
| BUSTARD | Crane-like bird capsized damn boat (7) |
