| ANGUILLA | One of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean, for a few years united with St Kitts and Nevis (8) |
| ESTONIAN | Official language of the most northerly Baltic state |
| INAUGURATING | Kicking off at hot time of year, United score (12) |
| ANTIGUA | This variety of chrysanthemum (and former series of tagetes) is one of the Leeward Islands, in the eastern West Indies (7) |
| SAINTKITTS | One of the Leeward Islands in the West Indies, smallest sovereign state in the Americas (5,5) |
| ARCTICCIRCLE | The most northerly of the five major lines of latitude as shown on maps of Earth (6,6) |
| ALDERNEY | With the capital St Anne, the most northerly of the Channel Islands (8) |
| HOKKAIDO | Which is the most northerly of the four main islands of Japan? (8) |
| ESTONIA | With a blue, black and white flag, the most-northerly of the three Baltic states, capital Tallinn (7) |
| NEVIS | One of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean (5) |
| MONTSERRAT | Volcanic island of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean whose de jure capital is Plymouth (10) |
| DOMINICAN | Relating to the most northerly of the Windward Islands (9) |
| BORABORA | One of the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific (4,4) |
| TOBAGO | Island in the eastern Caribbean containing the historical site Fort King George (6) |
| MAJURO | Capital of the Marshall Islands, comprising 64 coral islands in the eastern Ratak chain (6) |
| CORFU | Most northerly of the Ionian Islands, called Kerkyra in Greek (5) |
| UNST | Most northerly of the Shetland Islands in Scotland |
| BORA | One of the Leeward Islands in French Polynesia (4,4) |
| SAINTLUCIA | Island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea whose capital is Castries |
| LUZON | Island which is the largest and most northerly of the Philippines (5) |
