| CRETE | Largest and most populous of the Greek islands |
| OAHU | Third-largest and most populous of the islands of Hawaii, known as the Gathering Place (4) |
| TENERIFE | The largest and most populous of the Canary Islands (8) |
| TAHITI | Which is the largest and most populous of the 118 islands which make up French Polynesia? (6) |
| RAROTONGA | Largest and most populous of the Cook Islands, lying south of Aitutaki (9) |
| LEINSTER | Third-largest and most populous of the four provinces of Ireland (8) |
| SAOMIGUEL | Largest and most populous of the Azores, nicknamed 'The Green Island' (3,6) |
| BROOKLYN | Most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, on the SW end of Long Island (8) |
| SHARJAH | Third largest and third most populous of the United Arab Emirates (7) |
| ONTARIO | The most-populous of the 10 provinces of a country with a maple leaf as its main national symbol (7) |
| IBIZA | Second most populous of the Balearic Islands |
| DUBAI | Second-most populous of the United Arab Emirates |
| CORFU | Immortalised in Gerald Durrell's autobiographical trilogy that includes My Family and other Animals and Birds, Beasts and Relatives, one of the greenest of the Greek islands (5) |
| IDA | Highest mountain in Crete largest of the Greek islands |
| MELOS | English name of the Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea where the Venus de Milo was found (5) |
| ODYSSEY | An epic tour of the Greek islands (7) |
| DISCRETE | Separate island ultimately is one of the Greek islands (8) |
| CYCLADES | Commercial breaks in rhythms of the Greek islands (8) |
| THERA | Classical name of the Greek island of Santorini |
| LEITRIM | Least populous of the OBC 32 counties of Ireland, named from the Irish for "grey ridge" (7) |
