| BEARACHILD | Islands off the coast of Cork and Mayo contracted by department for labour |
| MAHON | Name shared by a suburb of Cork and the capital of Menorca. (5) |
| FLORIDAKEYS | A chain of small islands off the coast of the South East US, dividing the Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico (7,4) |
| HEBRIDES | Group of islands off the coast of Scotland divided into the Inner and the Outer (8) |
| ABANDONED | Left in the lurch by Russell taking in a part of Cork and Dublin (9) |
| ULLAGE | The quantity by which a container falls short of being full; or, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine in a bottle (6) |
| SOAPOPERA | Sound of Antrim tops sound of Cork - and, for a generation, it's a never-ending story (4,5) |
| MUNSTER | Irish province which includes the counties of Cork and Kerry (7) |
| ILEDUDIABLE | Which of the Safety Islands off the coast of French Guiana was a former French penal colony and is k |
| MICHAEL | Two rocky islands off the coast of County Kerry in southwestern Ireland are called the Skelligs. One, known as Skellig ___, was once home to a group of medieval monks, whose buildings, made of stone, |
| ATTU | Westernmost of the Aleutian Islands off the coast of SW Alaska, US (4) |
| KEYLARGO | Longest of a group of islands off the coast of Florida |
| SARK | One of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Normandy (4) |
| CAPEVERDE | Group of islands off the coast of Mauritania and Senegal (4,5) |
| TRINIDAD | One of the Windward islands, off the coast of Venezuela |
| AEGADIS | Group of rocky islands off the coast of Sicily whose chief town is Favignana (7) |
| TREEBARK | Source of cork and cinnamon |
| ORKNEY | Group of islands off the coast of Scotland |
| MAELSTROM | Strong tidal current or whirlpool in a restricted channel in the Lofoten Islands off the coast of Norway (9) |
| SKULLCAP | Sounds like somewhere in West Cork and Cork for one of the family associated with The Mint (5,3) |
