| DEADSEA | Expanse of water lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (4,3) |
| ARALSEA | Expanse of water lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (4,3) |
| INDIAN | Large expanse of water lying between Africa and Australia (6,5) |
| OCEAN | Large expanse of water lying between Africa and Australia (6,5) |
| ARAL | - Sea; body of water between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, once the world's fourth largest lake but has shrunk some 70 per cent (4) |
| USTYURT | Plateau in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, lying between the Aral Sea and the Amu Darya river delta in the east and the Mangyshlak (Tupqarghan) Plateau and the Kara-Bogaz-Gol (Garabogazkol; an inlet of the |
| GULFOFADEN | Body of water lying between Yemen and Somalia |
| CORALSEA | Body of water lying between Australia and Vanuatu, a critical WWII naval battle was fought there (5, |
| ADRIATICSEA | Body of water lying north-east of the Italian Peninsula and west of the Balkan Peninsula (8,3) |
| OCEANIC | Canoe capsized by hazard at sea almost typical of a huge expanse of water? (7) |
| ISTHMUS | Narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water (7) |
| ROSSSEA | Ship in the pink over a cold expanse of water (4,3) |
| OPENSEA | An expanse of water that is away from land (4,3) |
| STEAMED | Temperature in expanse of water before Mediterranean got really hot |
| SKIMMED | Girl going into small expanse of water took top off |
| ICEFLOE | Hardly a large expanse of water (3,4) |
| PACIFIC | Calm expanse of water (7) |
| FOVEAUX | Expanse of water that separates Stewart Island from the South Island (7,6) |
| HAURAKI | Expanse of water off Auckland's east coast (7,4) |
| ASHAMED | Tree by a large expanse of water in a sorry state |
