| MAURITIA | Name for the dense mass of continental crust in the Indian Ocean stretching between Madagascar and India; it was discovered by scientists in 2017. (8) |
| COMPACT | A sort of disc for the dense? (7) |
| SNAKE | A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and |
| EURASIA | East-west landmass stretching between Cape Roca and Cape Dezhnev (7) |
| COMOROS | Island nation in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique; capital Moroni (7) |
| RAFT | Word for a beam in the Middle Ages, later a buoyant platform of logs or planks for conveyance on water; or, a dense mass of floating wildfowl or otters, reminiscent of said flat boat (4) |
| KALANCHOE | What is the common name and genus of a succulent plant of Africa, Madagascar and Asia that's a commo |
| STROMA | In botany, a dense mass of hyphae in which a fungus fructification may develop |
| CHAMELEON | Lizard of Madagascar and Africa, with a prehensile tail and tongue and the ability to change colour (9) |
| NUCLEUS | Meaning "little nut", a kernel; the solid centre of a comet's head; or, the dense core of an atom (7) |
| FELDSPAR | Rock-forming minerals which makeup more than 40% of the earth's continental crust (8) |
| LEMUR | Primate of Madagascar and surrounding islands with a foxy face and long tail (5) |
| KAGU | The bird Rhynochetos jubatus, endemic to the dense mountain forests of New Caledonia |
| THICKET | Dense mass of trees (7) |
| FOGBANK | Dense mass of sea mist |
| GLACIER | Slowly moving dense mass of ice (7) |
| SWARM | Dense mass of insects (5) |
| SIAL | Upper part of the continental crust (4) |
| DETARIFA | Southernmost point of continental Europe, in the Spanish province of Cadiz, Andalusia (2,6) |
| PUNTA | Southernmost point of continental Europe, in the Spanish province of Cadiz, Andalusia (5) |
