| SEIKANTUNNEL | Linking the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu, it is 51.7 km in length |
| TSUGARUSTRAIT | Body of water between the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu in Japan (7,6) |
| THEREDSEA | Inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia, 2,250 km in length (3,3,3) |
| TELETHON | Lawrence finds accommodation on one side of Honshu - it involves ringing around asking for charity! |
| ASPEXI | I have caught sight of; nam simul te, Lesbia, ____, nihil est super mi (Catullus 51.7) |
| JAPAN | Country occupying the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku (5) |
| SAPPORO | Japanese city on the island of Hokkaido that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics (7) |
| YEN | Type of money spent on the island of Hokkaido |
| KUSHIRO | Port city on the island of Hokkaido in Japan (7) |
| OKHOTSK | Sea that forms the northern coast of the Japanese island of Hokkaido but is otherwise completely enclosed by Russian territory. (7) |
| KURIL | Name of the island chain archipelago that extends for 750 miles (1,200 km) from the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to the northeastern corner of Hokkaido island. (5) |
| AINU | Ethnic group native to the Japanese island of Hokkaido (4) |
| FOOTPATH | The Appalachian Trail is a ___ extending for about 2,190 miles (3,524.5 km) in the eastern United States (8) |
| RUTLAND | The smallest historic county in England, only 382sq km in size (7) |
| OTARU | Hokkaido city known for its beer (and headquarters of Hokkaido Brewing Company) |
| MONAPASSAGE | Strait between the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea (4,7) |
| SUNDA | - Strait, the body of water between Java and Sumatra linking the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean |
| STGEORGESCHANNEL | Waters linking the Irish Sea with the south-west of the Celtic Sea and Atlantic Ocean |
| KAYAK | Beast of burden brought back a kilometre in boat |
| VERST | 1.067 km, in Russia |
