| ROBBENISLAND | Penal settlement and former leper colony off the Cape Peninsula, South Africa (6,6) |
| FANTOMEISLAND | It once housed a leper colony off Queensland (7,6) |
| ATL | Ocean off the Cape: Abbr. |
| DEVILS | (and 4 Down) Illness David suffers in former leper colony (6,6) |
| DEVILSISLAND | Former penal colony off the coast of French Guiana (6,6) |
| STERLINGAREA | Countries using the pound for settlements and reserves (8,4) |
| HOPE | Headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, the Cape of Good _ (4) |
| CAPEOFGOODHOPE | Rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa (4,2,4,4) |
| NORFOLKISLAND | Former British penal colony off the east coast of Australia (7,6) |
| CAPEVERDE | Which former Portuguese colony off the westernmost point of Africa became independent in 1975? (4,5) |
| ISLAND | Former penal colony off the coast of French Guiana (6,6) |
| BASSROCK | Island home to a large gannet colony off the coast of North Berwick (4,4) |
| ARTHUR | Port ___, former penal settlement in Australia on the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania (6) |
| BERMUDA | British colony off the Carolina coast (7) |
| STREAKY | Which Bay lies on the western part of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia (7) |
| SKERRIES | The ____, islets and bird colony off northwestern Anglesey (8) |
| TODMORDEN | ___ Mills (Historic industrial settlement and wildflowers preserve attraction in the Don River Valley of Toronto) |
| WHANGAREI | Northernmost city of New Zealand, largest settlement and council seat of the Northland region (9) |
| COD | Cape ---, peninsula in Massachusetts, US housing the resort of Provincetown |
| GATERECEIPTS | Half of 4 across provides proof of settlement and small payments for attendance (4,8) |
