| SARGASSO | Part of the North Atlantic, lying between the West Indies and the Azores, notorious for its floating seaweed (8,3) |
| SEA | Part of the North Atlantic, lying between the West Indies and the Azores, notorious for its floating seaweed (8,3) |
| SARGASSOSEA | Part of the Atlantic known for its floating seaweed |
| FIREBOAT | Vessel that pumps the water it's floating in |
| PLANKTON | Timber not seen around - it's floating in the sea |
| CARIBBEAN | Sea which forms part of the Atlantic Ocean between the West Indies and Central and South America (9) |
| TAIJUL | Who won the player of the match award in the second Test between the West Indies and Bangladesh in Kingston recently? (6) |
| KING | Who scored a hundred for the West Indies and also won the player of the match award in its ODI against England in Bridgetown? (4) |
| CARIBBEANSEA | Part of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by the West Indies and South America (9,3) |
| ANIL | Common name for a shrub (indigofera species) of the West Indies and South America, that is a source of indigo dye (4) |
| BAHAMAS | A group of islands in the west Indies and a paradise for tourists |
| AGOUTI | Long-legged rodent of the West Indies and Central and South America (6) |
| CREOLE | Denoting a cuisine of the West Indies and southern US, usually including rice, okra, peppers and spices (6) |
| CHOCO | Cucumber-like fruit of the tropical vine Sechium edule, eaten as a vegetable in the West Indies and Australia (5) |
| MAHEDI | Who won the player of the series award in the recent three-match T20I series between West Indies and Bangladesh? (6) |
| COLDWAR | The state of political hostility between the West and the Soviet Bloc after the Second World War (4,3) |
| 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) |
| USSR | The Iron Curtain stood for the divide between the West and this Cold War protagonist (1,1,1,1) |
| MORAYFIRTH | That part of the North Sea north and east of Inverness, Scotland (5,5) |
| ANDAMANSEA | A part of the north-eastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand (7,3) |
