| MONAPASSAGE | Strait between the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea (4,7) |
| TRIANGLE | Lots of theories account for the disappearance of ships %26 planes in this area north of the Caribbe |
| NURSE | --- shark, predatory fish of the Atlantic Ocean with an external groove on each side of the head between the mouth and nostril (5) |
| SUNDA | Name of a strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra (5) |
| KRAKATOA | Volcanic caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra (8) |
| PONCE | Caribbean port; second largest city on the island of Puerto Rico (5) |
| GREATER | A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba and Hispaniola (7,8) |
| ANTILLES | A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba and Hispaniola (7,8) |
| WINDWARDPASSAGE | Channel between Cuba and Hispaniola |
| AZORES | Archipelago of volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean with Ponta Delgada as capital (6) |
| CELTICSEA | Area of Atlantic Ocean with potential for wind farms to power millions of UK homes (6, 3) |
| BERMUDA | The three points of the notorious triangle 'responsible' for the mysterious disappearance of shipping and aircraft in the Caribbean are the US, Puerto Rico and this island nation |
| DENMARKSTRAIT | A channel between Greenland and Iceland linking the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic (7,6) |
| TYRRHENIAN | The ... Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between the islands of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and Italy (10) |
| AMUNDSENSEA | Arm of the Southern Ocean off western Antarctica, between the islands of Thurston and Siple (8,3) |
| MENAISTRAIT | Channel of the Irish Sea between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of North Wales (5,6) |
| MAURITIAN | National of the island nation in the Indian Ocean with the capital city of Port Louis (9) |
| LEEWARD | The --- Islands are a group in the Caribbean between Puerto Rico and Martinque (7) |
| BANDASEA | Portion of the western South Pacific lying between the islands of Sulawesi and New Guinea (5,3) |
| CAPEYORK | Northernmost extremity of Australia, projecting into the Torres Strait between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. (4,4) |
