| FATAMORGANA | Mirage, originally seen in the Strait of Messina and named after the Arthurian sorceress Morgan le Fay (4,7) |
| FAY | Sorceress Morgan le ___ |
| FATAMORGANE | A type of mirage, one especially seen in the Strait of Messina (4,7) |
| EVASIVE | Cagey girl originally seen in the borders of Venice (7) |
| LEFAY | Arthurian sorceress Morgan _ _ _ |
| TAORMINA | Popular tourist town in Sicily approximately midway between Messina and Catania |
| ETNA | Volcano situated between Messina and Catania |
| APENNINES | Mountain range of central Italy extending from the Ligurian Alps in the north-west to the Strait of Messina in the south (9) |
| CHARYBDIS | Sea monster in Greek mythology that lived opposite Scylla in the Strait of Messina (9) |
| QESHM | Largest island in the Persian Gulf, in the Strait of Hormuz off the south coast of Iran (5) |
| SCYLLA | Monster in the Strait of Messina |
| GOODWINSANDS | Area of sandbanks in the Strait of Dover lying off the eastern tip of Kent (7,5) |
| URANUS | Which planet was discovered by William Herschel in 1781 and named after the Greek god, the son and h |
| SELENIUM | Chemical element discovered in 1817 and named after the Greek goddess of the moon (8) |
| NAPOLEONS | Gold twenty-franc coins minted in the reign of and named after the famous French emperor |
| GAWAIN | One of the most famous of the knights of the Arthurian Romances (6) |
| FLEETWOOD | British rock band formed in 1967 and named after the drummer and bassist (9,3) |
| MAC | British rock band formed in 1967 and named after the drummer and bassist (9,3) |
| WILLIWAW | Sudden strong gust of cold wind such as that in the Strait of Magellan (8) |
| WHITE | T.H., author who wrote the Arthurian novel The Sword In The Stone published in 1938 (5) |
