| VIV | Mr Richards, former West Indies and Somerset cricketer (3) |
| COMPTON | Nick ....... , Somerset cricketer named 2012 PCA Player of the Year (7) |
| OBI | Witchcraft practised in the West Indies and parts of Africa (3) |
| SEA | Part of the North Atlantic, lying between the West Indies and the Azores, notorious for its floating seaweed (8,3) |
| IAN | Mr Richards, joined Mike Hailwood on a podium in 1978. (3) |
| YEO | River of Dorset and Somerset - in Skye, oddly! (3) |
| EXE | River of Devon and Somerset (3) |
| ALE | Cakes And Somerset Maugham's famous novel |
| AGOUTI | Long-legged rodent of the West Indies and Central and South America (6) |
| CARIBBEAN | Sea which forms part of the Atlantic Ocean between the West Indies and Central and South America (9) |
| SARGASSO | Part of the North Atlantic, lying between the West Indies and the Azores, notorious for its floating seaweed (8,3) |
| CARIBBEANSEA | Part of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by the West Indies and South America (9,3) |
| CREOLE | Denoting a cuisine of the West Indies and southern US, usually including rice, okra, peppers and spices (6) |
| JANGOO | Who scored an unbeaten hundred on his ODI debut and won player of the match award, too, in the third ODI between West Indies and Bangladesh in Basseterre in December 2024? (6) |
| WIDE | Together, the West Indies and Germany are expansive (4) |
| CARIB | Native of West Indies and northern South America |
| BAHAMAS | A group of islands in the west Indies and a paradise for tourists |
| SARGASSOSEA | Body of water between the West Indies and the Azores |
| MALCOLMMARSHALL | Great West Indies and Hampshire fast bowler of the 1980s |
| GALLIWASP | Brown lizard of the West Indies and C America (9) |