| ROANOKE | Island off the coast of North Carolina (7) |
| BERMUDA | Island group off the coast of North Carolina that lends its name to a style of shorts (7) |
| CAPEHATTERAS | Headland on an island off the coast of North Carolina that is known as the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic' (4.8) |
| HATTERAS | Cape -- off the coast of North Carolina is known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for its danger to shipping (8) |
| OUTER | "___ Banks" (TV show set on the coast of North Carolina) |
| CAPEFEAR | Prominent headland on the coast of North Carolina, setting for a 1962 film and its 1991 remake (4,4) |
| TUNISIA | Country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa (7) |
| RALEIGH | Capital of the US state of North Carolina (7) |
| LUNDY | Owned by the National Trust and administered by the Landmark Trust, a granite island off the coast of north Devon (5) |
| RALEIGN | State capital of North Carolina, US (7) |
| GREENLAND | Alarge island, lying mostly within the Arctic Circle off the coast of North America (9) |
| TARHEEL | University of North Carolina athlete: 2 wds. |
| DOGWOOD | State flower of North Carolina |
| TOBACCO | Major crop of North Carolina |
| TARBORO | Seat of North Carolina's Edgecombe County |
| BASSROCK | Island home to a large gannet colony off the coast of North Berwick (4,4) |
| CABOT | Italian navigator famed for his 1497 voyage to the coast of North America, John _ (5) |
| CARTHAGE | Ancient city on the coast of North Africa, near present-day Tunis (8) |
| BEAUFORTSEA | Part of the Arctic Ocean off the north coast of North America (8,3) |
| BAYOFPLENTY | Large bay of the Pacific on the N.E. coast of North Island, New Zealand (3,2,6) |
