| TUTUILA | Largest island of American Samoa, in the SW Pacific NE of Tonga (7) |
| ARCHIE | Socceroo who scored 13 goals against American Samoa in 2001, ... Thompson (6) |
| HABANA | Bryan ...... , South African former winger who scored four tries against Samoa in the 2007 Rugby World Cup (6) |
| VANUATU | Island country in the SW Pacific known until 1980 as the New Hebrides (7) |
| NAURU | Smallest island state in the world, in the SW Pacific just south of the equator (5) |
| RAROTONGA | Largest of the Cook Islands in the SW Pacific; site of the capital, Avarua (9) |
| PAGOPAGO | Chief port of American Samoa on the Pacific island of Tutuila (4,4) |
| NEWGUINEA | Island in the SW Pacific that houses the Indonesian province of West Irian Jaya (3,6) |
| NEWCALEDONIA | Overseas territory of France in the SW Pacific, east of Australia, whose capital is Noumea (3,9) |
| TONGA | Island country east of Fiji in the SW Pacific; capital, Nuku'alofa (5) |
| MACARTHUR | General Douglas who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in the southwest Pacific during W |
| KIRIBATI | What country in the southwest Pacific consists of the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line island groups? (8) |
| NIUE | Island country in the South Pacific east of Tonga and west of the Cook Islands; capital, Alofi (4) |
| PAPUANEWGUINEA | Island country in the SW Pacific administered by Australia from 1945 to 1975 (5,3,6) |
| TUVALU | Which country in the SW Pacific was formerly called the Ellice Islands? (6) |
| FIJI | An independent island republic in the SW Pacific (4) |
| BISMARCKSEA | Arm of the SW Pacific Ocean within the nation of Papua New Guinea, north-east of New Guinea and north of New Britain (8,3) |
| PAGO | When repeated, the capital of American Samoa |
| AUSTRALIA | Island country in the SW Pacific (9) |
| BUNCE | Rugby World Cup centre for Western Samoa in 1991 and NZ in 1995, Frank, champion, Brianna ... (7) |
