| CROIX | St. ___ (the largest of the Virgin Islands) |
| SUPERIOR | Lake _, the largest of the Great Lakes of North America (8) |
| JAMES | St. ___ the Less |
| ANTHONY | Saint ___ the Great, who endured temptations in the Egyptian desert (7) |
| CECILIA | Saint ___ , the patroness of musicians (7) |
| STCROIX | Largest of the Virgin Islands of the US (2,5) |
| STTHOMAS | Site of a Univ. of the Virgin Islands campus |
| STJOHN | One of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean (2,4) |
| AMALIE | Charlotte _; capital of the Virgin Islands (6) |
| AESTIVATE | Spend the summer, when retired, sailing round the Virgin Islands with a lot of drink (9) |
| SKYE | Isle of _, the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides (4) |
| PISSARRO | Born on the Virgin Island of Saint Thomas in 1830, the impressionist noted for landscapes including |
| TERR | The Virgin Islands, e.g. (Abbr.) |
| JOVIAN | Jupiter's Darby's partner on the Virgin Islands (6) |
| URSULA | Christian martyr in whose honour Christopher Columbus named the Virgin Islands (6) |
| BENGAL | Bay of _, the largest bay (by area) in the world (6) |
| NEAGH | Lough _; the largest lake in the British Isles (5) |
| LOMOND | Loch ____, the largest body of water in Scotland (6) |
| BYRDLAND | Marie __, the largest unclaimed area of Antarctica (4,4) |
| WHALE | Blue ___ (the largest mammal) |