| IBIZA | Playa d'en Bossa and San Antonio are holiday resorts on this island in the Balearics (5) |
| MAJORCA | Can Picafort and Manacor are holiday resorts on this Spanish island (7) |
| REDSEA | Hurghada is a holiday resort on this body of water (3,3) |
| MIAMI | 2006, 2012 and 2013 NBA Finals winners against Dallas Mavericks, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs respectively (5) |
| RESORTS | What are holiday places known as (7) |
| ROANOKE | The first attempt to establish an English colony in the New World was on this island in North Carolina |
| IONA | St Columba founded an abbey on this island in the Inner Hebrides (4) |
| BROWNSEA | There's a fancy-looking new bar supposedly opening in two months on this island in Poole Harbour (8) |
| HEAT | 2006, 2012 and 2013 NBA Finals winners against Dallas Mavericks, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs respectively (4) |
| CHRISPAUL | Golden State and San Antonio point guard, a 12 times NBA All-Star (5,4) |
| SOCHI | Russian city and holiday resort on the north coast of the Black Sea (5) |
| FLORA | Plant life generally, in Mallorca this includes around 2000 species, of which 124 are endemic to the Balearics and 67 are protected (5) |
| PALMA | Date-tree near a resort in the Balearics (5) |
| LOTUS | Critically acclaimed HBO comedy- drama series set at luxury holiday resorts, with Jennifer Coolidge (3,5,5) |
| ELLIS | Young Vito Corleone arrived at this island in Godfather Part II. |
| PIERS | Susanna's co-host seen at holiday resorts? (5) |
| SHEARWATER | Long-winged seabird of the petrel family, considered an endangered species in the Balearics it can be seen in Cabrera, the rocky island reserve of Mallorca's southern coast (10) |
| KESTREL | Small bird of prey in the falcon family, fairly common in the Balearics, its numbers are increased with the wintertime arrival of European migrants (7) |
| REUNION | St-Denis is the capital of this island in the Indian Ocean (7) |
| TAHITI | A strike in odd parts of this island in the Pacific Ocean (6) |
