| MAURITIUS | Island state in the Indian Ocean (9) |
| SRILANKA | Island state in the Indian Ocean (3,5) |
| TAIWANESE | Relating to an island state in East Asia (13,800 sq miles; pop about 24 million (9) |
| NAURU | Smallest island state in the world, in the SW Pacific just south of the equator (5) |
| GRENADA | Island state in the Caribbean, in the Windward Islands; a former British colony (7) |
| STLUCIA | Island state in the Caribbean whose capital is Castries (2,5) |
| ICELAND | Island state in the north Atlantic (7) |
| LUCIA | Saint _, volcanic island state in the Caribbean (5) |
| BARBADOS | Island state in the West Indies |
| SAMOA | Independent island state in the South Pacific (5) |
| HAWAII | Name a Pacific Island State in the USA (6) |
| NIUE | Island state in the South Pacific east of Tonga; capital, Alofi (4) |
| SAOTOME | Capital of an island state in the Gulf of Guinea (3,4) |
| MICRONESIA | Group of associated island states in the western Pacific (10) |
| TAIWAN | Island state in East Asia officially the Republic of China (6) |
| COOK | This self-governing island state in free association with New Zealand is named for the British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who also charted New Zealand. |
| ZANZIBAR | Island state in a 1964 merger |
| MANGA | Comic island state in America (5) |
| TASMANIA | Island state in Australia that contains Cradle Mountain (8) |
| SAINT | And 19 Down An island state in the Caribbean with a drive-in volcano (5,5) |
