| IMBROS | Largest island of Turkey, in the NE Aegean near the entrance to the Dardanelles; also called Gokceada (6) |
| HELLESPONT | He will send no pets to the Dardanelles (10) |
| AEGEANSEA | It links Crete to the Dardanelles (6,3) |
| ADEN | Capital of the former (1967-90) republic of South Yemen, on the Arabian Peninsula near the entrance to the Red Sea (4) |
| CAPRI | A tourist site, an island near the entrance to the bay of Naples (Italy) |
| BUCCANEERARCHIPELAGO | Four groups of islands situated in Western Australia near the entrance to King Sound and Collier Bay |
| GALLIPOLI | Peninsula of NW Turkey between the Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea, scene of an attempted invasion of the Ottoman Empire by Allied forces during World War I 1915 (9) |
| NEMEA | Ancient valley region of Argolis in the NE Peloponnese of Greece; in mythology, the home of a monstrous lion slain by Heracles (5) |
| SPRAT | Small fish of the herring family (Clupeidae) also known as the brisling, found in the NE Atlantic and the North Sea (5) |
| STOUP | Basin of holy water at or near the entrance of a church, used by entering parishioners to cross themselves (5) |
| HITTITE | Member of an ancient people of Anatolia who settled in modern-day Turkey in the early second millennium BC (7) |
| ANATOLIA | The part of Turkey on the eastern side of the Dardanelles |
| COPACABANA | Brazilian beach resort near the entrance to Guanabara Bay (10) |
| LESBOS | Island off Turkey in the Aegean which belongs to Greece (6) |
| ARUWIMI | River in the NE Democratic Republic of Congo that rises near Lake Albert as the Ituri (7) |
| AEGEAN | The sea to the west of the Dardanelles |
| RUSTBELT | Area where heavy industry such as steel production is in decline, especially in the NE states and Midwest of the US (4,4) |
| ANIMATO | Like the music in "Turkey in the Straw" |
| PORTERSLODGE | A room near the entrance of a public building such as a college occupied by its caretaker (7,5) |
| SHANNON | Shipping forecast area in the NE Atlantic north of Sole and south of Rockall (7) |
