| HONKERS | Geese in the South China Sea? (7) |
| SULUSEA | What is the part of the Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Borneo, with Palawan separating it from the South China Sea? (4,3) |
| MEKONG | What river flows from Tibet to the South China Sea? (6) |
| HEADSOUTH | Make like wild geese in the fall |
| SIX | Number of geese in The 12 Days Of Christmas song (3) |
| SKEIN | Flock of wild geese in the air (5) |
| VIETNAM | Communist state on the South China Sea (7) |
| MACAU | A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea. |
| TONKIN | Gulf off the Vietnamese coast in the South China Sea (6) |
| LABUAN | Island off the NW coast of Borneo in the South China Sea forming a federal territory of Malaysia; capital, Victoria (6) |
| MACAO | Land in the South China Sea |
| KONG | Island in the South China Sea (4,4) |
| HONG | Island in the South China Sea (4,4) |
| HONGKONG | Island in the South China Sea (4,4) |
| ISLAND | Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea, since 2015 |
| HAINAN | Island in the South China Sea |
| TAIWAN | Island in the South China Sea |
| GANDERS | Spotted the male geese in Inverbeg and Erskine (7) |
| DANANG | The fifth largest city in Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea, at the opening end of the Han River |
| SABAH | State of Malaysia, occupying the northern part of Borneo and numerous offshore islands in the South China and Sulu Seas (5) |
