| CYCLADES | Group of islands in the Aegean Sea including Delos, Naxos, Mykonos and Santorini (8) |
| SPORADES | Name given to two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, the Northern ... and Southern ... (8) |
| ANTILLES | A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba and Hispaniola (7,8) |
| BALEARIC | Archipelago of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea including Minorca and Ibiza (8,7) |
| DAMOCLES | Greek courtier from Delos caught out drinking in the morning |
| STALWART | Steadfast trawl at sea, including heading west (8) |
| IOS | One of the Cyclades islands between Naxos and Santorini (3) |
| MOUSSAKA | Gives you and me a round face-covering, bizarrely, in Santorini restaurant? |
| WESTINDIES | Region comprising a crescentshaped group of islands in the Caribbean Sea including the Greater and Lesser Antilles and the Bahamas (4,6) |
| NAILEDON | No one from Delos backed horse so favoured? |
| RHODES | Largest of the Dodecanese group of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea (6) |
| GREATER | A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba and Hispaniola (7,8) |
| AEOLIAN | Group of islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, including Lipari, the _ Islands (7) |
| DODECANESE | Group of islands in the Aegean Sea, forming a department of Greece whose capital is Rhodes (10) |
| AEGEAN | Sea in which the islands Mykonos, Santorini and Skiathos are situated (6) |
| ISLANDS | Archipelago of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea including Minorca and Ibiza (8,7) |
| BALEARICISLANDS | Archipelago of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea including Minorca and Ibiza |
| THERA | Classical name for Santorini; an island in the Cyclades group that was the site of one of the larges |
| ILLYRIA | Ancient region on the Adriatic Sea including parts of present-day Albania, Croatia and Montenegro (7 |
| VENETO | Region of north-eastern Italy stretching from the Dolomites to the Adriatic Sea, including Venice (6) |
