| LABUAN | Island in Malaysia off the NW. coast of Borneo (6) |
| LESBOS | Greek island off the NW coast of Turkey whose capital is Mytilene (6) |
| BRUNEI | Oil- rich sultanate on the NW coast of Borneo whose capital city is Bandar Seri Begawan (6) |
| CANARY | ___ Islands, group off the NW coast of Africa (6) |
| KUWAIT | State on the NW coast of the Persian Gulf (6) |
| TORTUGA | Island in the Caribbean off the NW coast of Haiti that was formerly a haunt of pirates (7) |
| SARAWAK | State of Malaysia, on the NW coast of Borneo, whose capital is Kuching |
| ARUBA | Island off the NW coast of Venezuela; part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986 |
| NORTHUIST | Scottish island, ___ ___, off the NW coast of the mainland - in truth, so unusual (5, 4) |
| HEBRIDES | The ___, archipelago of over 500 islands off the NW coast of Scotland (8) |
| HEBRIDEAN | From a group of islands off the NW coast of Scotland (9) |
| HONIARA | Capital of the Solomon Islands, on the NW coast of the island of Guadalcanal (7) |
| PAPEETE | Capital of French Polynesia, on the NW coast of the island of Tahiti (7) |
| CANARIES | A group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish pro |
| WHITESEA | Body of water in the Arctic Ocean off the northwest coast of Russia (5,3) |
| ANGLESEY | Island off the northwest coast of Wales, Ynys Mon in Welsh (8) |
| SULUSEA | Arm of the W Pacific encircled by the NE coast of Borneo and the western islands of the Philippines (4,3) |
| LIGURIANSEA | Arm of the northern Mediterranean lying off N Corsica and the NW coast of Italy (8,3) |
| LOFOTENISLANDS | Archipelago off the northwest coast of Norway, within the Arctic Circle (7,7) |
| SKAGERRAK | Broad strait of the North Sea separating southern Norway from the NW coast of Denmark (9) |
