| FERRYRIDES | Get to British Columbia's coastal islands from the mainland by way of these: 2 wds. |
| ROYALDUTIES | Queen Elizabeth serves The Commonwealth by way of these: 2 wds. |
| FERRY | Transport to the coastal islands from mainland British Columbia |
| HEMP | Third person to get to British politician involved in rope business (4) |
| HAIDA | British Columbia's coastal archipelago, ___ Gwaii |
| KELPER | Native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands, from the local abundance of seaweed (6) |
| STRAIT | Stretch of water that separates Stewart Island from the mainland (7,6) |
| FOVEAUX | Stretch of water that separates Stewart Island from the mainland (7,6) |
| ICEBERG | Bird reaching Channel Islands from the East, one mostly unseen at sea (7) |
| ATTU | Furthest Aleutian island from the mainland |
| TUATARA | Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizardlike diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand. |
| ELEPHANTSEAL | Any of the two largest pinnipeds, named in part for the world's largest living land animal. These animals are found mainly on coastal islands off California and Baja California and throughout sub-Anta |
| CLASSICHORRORS | "The Exorcist" (1973); "The Omen" (197666); "Halloween" (1978) ...and "The Changeling" (1980) is a Canadian one amongst the group of these: 2 wds. |
| FUEGO | Archipelago at the southern extremity of South America separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan; Spanish, ' land of fire' (6,3,5) |
| ORKNEY | A group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth |
| HANOI | In which Asian city is Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as Lake of the Restored Sword, where the Temple of the Jade Mountain is connected to the mainland by the red The Huc Bridge? (5) |
| THIRTEENTHFLOOR | Due to superstition, many buildings don't have one of these (2 wds.) |
| NEWFOUNDLAND | Large island of E Canada separated from the mainland by the Strait of Belle Isle (12) |
| THANET | Isle of ?, area of Kent formerly separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel |
| ISLEOF | Area of NE Kent formerly separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel (4,2,6) |
