| COLON | Small city and seaport in Central America (pop about 80,000), on the Caribbean Sea (5) |
| ANCONA | Small city and seaport in central Italy on the Adriatic Sea (6) |
| MANAGUA | Capital city in Central America (pop about 1million), incorporated in 1815 (7) |
| FYLDE | Region of north-west England (pop about 80,000) (5) |
| ACRE | A small city and seaport in northern Israel (pop about 56,000) (4) |
| LANARK | Former county town in the Central Belt (pop about 80,000), created a royal burgh in 1140 (6) |
| YOKOHAMA | Name a seaport in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay (8) |
| BELIZE | Country in Central America, on the Caribbean Sea, formerly known as British Honduras |
| PANAMA | Country in Central America (pop 4.5 million) (6) |
| VENEZUELA | A republic in South America, on the Caribbean Sea (9) |
| CARTAGENA | Oil-refining centre in Colombia, on the Caribbean Sea (9) |
| MAINE | A coastal state in the north-east of the US (pop about 1.5 million) (5) |
| PONCE | Port on the Caribbean, the second largest town on Puerto Rico (5) |
| ROOKS | Sociable birds renowned for intelligence; around 80,000 of which are thriving in a colony in the Buckenham Marshes in Norfolk (5) |
| IDAHO | A state in the north-western US (pop about 2 million) (7) |
| TROON | Resort and seaport in Ayrshire (pop about 15,000 (5) |
| PELEE | Active volcanic mountain on the Caribbean island of Martinique. On May 8, 1902, it violently destroyed the port of Saint-Pierre, killing approximately 30,000 people. (5) |
| HAITI | Country located on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (5) |
| FREETOWN | Capital city and seaport in west Africa (pop about 1 million), founded in the late 18th century (8) |
| ATSEA | On the Caribbean |