| CAPEBRETONISLAND | Part of Nova Scotia separated from mainland by Strait of Canso (4,6,6) |
| ACADIA | Former French colony, founded 1604, now part of Nova Scotia (6) |
| CAPEBRETON | --- Island is separated from mainland Canada by the Strait of Canso (4,6) |
| MESSINA | Port in Sicily by strait of the same name (7) |
| CAPE | Area of land separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula on mainland Canada by the Strait of Canso (4,6 |
| TIERRADELFUEGO | Island by Strait of Magellan |
| BELFORDROXO | City in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that was part of Nova Iguacu before 1993 |
| PROTRUDE | Stick out rubbish hoarded by strait-laced type (8) |
| ARDS | ? Peninsula, landform in Northern Ireland separated from mainland Scotland by the North Channel |
| OLAND | Island in the Baltic Sea separated from mainland Sweden by Kalmar Sound |
| FUEGO | Archipelago at the southern extremity of South America separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan; Spanish, ' land of fire' (6,3,5) |
| NEWFOUNDLAND | Large island of E Canada separated from the mainland by the Strait of Belle Isle (12) |
| CAUSEWAYS | Island-to-mainland links such as Nova Scotia's Canso |
| THANET | Isle of ?, area of Kent formerly separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel |
| ANGLESEY | An island of North Wales, separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait (8) |
| VANCOUVER | Island separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound |
| MOZAMBIQUE | ? Channel, that part of the Indian Ocean that separates Madagascar from mainland Africa (10) |
| BASS | Body of water separating Tasmania from mainland Australia, ... Strait |
| MAGELLAN | Which sea passage (Strait of ___) separates Tierra del Fuego from mainland South America? (8) |
| TONKIN | Gulf of -, body of water separating Hainan Island from mainland Vietnam (6) |
