| ATLANTIS | Name a mythical island in the Atlantic Ocean, said to have sunk into the sea (8) |
| NORTHPOLE | Part of the Arctic Ocean said to be home to Father Christmas (5,4) |
| AVALON | Mythical island in the Atrthurian legend (6) |
| AMAZONS | Name a mythical tribe of female warriors in South America (7) |
| CANARIES | A group of Spanish islands in the Atlantic Ocean (8) |
| STTHOMAS | Island in the Atlantic Ocean (2,6) |
| TENERIFE | Spanish island in the Atlantic whose capital is Santa Cruz (8) |
| STHELENA | Volcanic island in the Atlantic, scene of Napoleon's exile and death (2,6) |
| SARGASSO | Floating masses of seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean (8) |
| TRIANGLE | Bermuda -, mysterious region in the Atlantic Ocean (8) |
| PEARLIES | Teeth of nobleman sunk into pastries (8) |
| HYBRASIL | Mythical island off Ireland I brashly rubbished (2-6) |
| ANEWLOW | What one's political opponent may be said to have sunk to |
| BLUEDRAGON | Common name for a colourful sea-slug which, though common in the Atlantic Ocean, was spotted for the first time in centuries in the waters around Mallorca earlier this year (4-6) |
| ROCKALL | Small island in the Atlantic Ocean annexed by Britain in 1955 (7) |
| UTOPIA | 16th-century book by Sir Thomas More, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean (6) |
| HANOI | Island in The Atlantic close to Savannah going all the way back is home to millions of Asians (5) |
| NEWBRITAIN | Island of the western Pacific named after a much larger island in the Atlantic |
| SOUTHGEORGIA | Island in the Atlantic Ocean on which explorer Ernest Shackleton is buried (5,7) |
| WELLS | Shafts sunk into the ground to obtain water (5) |
