| KAMCHATKA | Peninsula in far eastern Russia, lying between the Sea of Okhotsk on the west and the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea on the east. (9) |
| HOKKAIDO | The northernmost of the four main islands of Japan. It is bordered by the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Sea of Okhotsk to the north, and the Pacific Ocean. (8) |
| CRIMEA | Peninsula lying between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea (6) |
| LUXEMBOURG | Capital of the same-named tiny country bordered by Belgium on the west and north, France on the south, and Germany on the northeast and east (10) |
| OKHOTSK | Arm of Pacific off far eastern Russia, the Sea of ... (7) |
| HAI | "...having Bethel on the west, and ___ on the east" (Gen 1 |
| SIBERIAN | Of far eastern Russia |
| BAJACALIFORNIA | Spanish name for Lower California, the peninsula of northwestern Mexico, bounded by the United States, the Gulf of California, and the Pacific Ocean. (4,10) |
| CHILE | South American country occupying a long coastal strip between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west (5) |
| USTYURT | Plateau in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, lying between the Aral Sea and the Amu Darya river delta in the east and the Mangyshlak (Tupqarghan) Plateau and the Kara-Bogaz-Gol (Garabogazkol; an inlet of the |
| RHONEALPES | Region of E France rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the e |
| AUSTRALIA | The smallest of today's continents and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. (9) |
| COLDWAR | The state of political hostility between the West and the Soviet Bloc after the Second World War (4,3) |
| ASIA | It's west of the Sea of Okhotsk |
| YUCATAN | A northeastern projection of Central America, lying between the Gulf of Mexico to the west and north and the Caribbean Sea to the east. (7) |
| CAUCASUS | This mountain system lies between the Black Sea (which is to its west) and the Caspian Sea (which is to its east). It reaches across parts of Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. (8) |
| CURTAIN | Iron ____, impenetrable barrier between the West and the ex-Soviet bloc in the Cold War (7) |
| AMUR | River to the Sea of Okhotsk |
| SINAI | Triangular peninsula linking Africa with Asia and lying between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba. (5) |
| THECOLDWAR | Post-WWII ideological conflict between the West and the Soviet Empire (3,4,3) |
