| GOZO | Island of the Maltese archipelago; capital Victoria, aka Rabat |
| FIJI | Pacific archipelago, capital Suva (4) |
| NEWBRITAIN | Largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, capital Rabaul (3,7) |
| COMINO | Island of the Maltese archipelago (6) |
| MAHE | Chief island of the Seychelles, location of its capital Victoria (4) |
| NOIR | Genre of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep" |
| TODD | Thelma of "The Maltese Falcon," 1931 |
| GIRL | Miss touring Gibraltar, having rejected Rabat (4) |
| LABUAN | Island off the NW coast of Borneo in the South China Sea forming a federal territory of Malaysia; capital, Victoria (6) |
| SEYCHELLES | Archipelago in the Indian Ocean with the capital Victoria and beach Anse Major on its main isle Mahe (10) |
| SAMSPADE | Which private detective was on the trail of the Maltese Falcon? (3,5) |
| POODLE | The moodle is a hybrid of the Maltese and this dog breed |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | Author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man (8,7) |
| HUSTON | Director and screenwriter of The Maltese Falcon whose grandson starred in the 2016 film Ben-Hur (6) |
| SC | Its capital Victoria (abbr) (2) |
| ELISHA | Actor Cook Jr. of The Maltese Falcon |
| ASTOR | Actress Mary of"The Maltese Falcon" |
| GRISHAMMETT | Author of "The Maltese Pelican Brief"? |
| HAMMETT | Dashiell ___ (1894-1961), crime writer, author of The Maltese Falcon (1930) (7) |
| SAM | Detective Spade of The Maltese Falcon |
