| IFNI | Former Spanish possession on the Atlantic coast of southwest Morocco |
| CANARYISLANDS | Spanish possession off the coast of Africa |
| AGADIR | Port in southwest Morocco almost totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1960 (6) |
| CUBA | Spanish possession until 1898 |
| ONTHEBALL | One's in possession on the field, in display of competence (2,3,4) |
| ATTU | Westernmost of the Aleutian Islands off the coast of southwest Alaska, US |
| HANDOVER | League play when caught in possession on the sixth tackle (8) |
| LYCIA | An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor. |
| ARGAN | Tree of SW Morocco (5) |
| LOOSEBALLS | They're not in either team's possession, on the court |
| SLIGO | County on the Atlantic coast of the Republic of Ireland east of County Mayo |
| KOCHI | Port city on the Malabar coast of SW India known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea (5) |
| JOAOPESSOA | Port city on the Atlantic coast of NE Brazil; capital of the state of Paraiba (4,6) |
| FORTLAUDERDALE | City on the Atlantic coast of Florida, known as the "Venice of America" because of its many canals |
| HOPE | Headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, the Cape of Good _ (4) |
| CHESAPEAKEBAY | Bordered by Maryland and Virginia, the largest inlet of the Atlantic coast of the US (10,3) |
| SEABASS | Food and sport fish such as the Black ------ , Centropristes striatus, of the Atlantic coast of the US (3,4) |
| CASABLANCA | Port of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, scene of a Second World War conference (10) |
| DAYTONA | Resort on the Atlantic coast of NE Florida, US, south of Jacksonville |
| DINGLE | - Bay, long inlet on the Atlantic coast of County Kerry, Republic of Ireland (6) |
