| THESOLENT | Strait separating the Isle of Wight from the English mainland (3,6) |
| SOLENT | The --- is the strait separating the Isle of Wight from the Hampshire mainland of England (6) |
| COTSWOLDS | Beds with elderly people from the English hills (9) |
| EASTRIVER | Strait separating Manhattan Island from Long Island |
| KAMCHATKA | - Peninsula, area of Eastern Russia separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean (9) |
| BOSPHORUS | Strait separating parts of Turkey |
| PENTLANDFIRTH | Strait separating the Orkneys and the Scottish mainland |
| MENAISTRAIT | What is the narrow stretch of tidal water separating the Isle of Anglesey from mainland Wales? (5,6) |
| DIAPHRAGM | Thin muscular sheet separating the abdomen and thorax (9) |
| RIB | Any one of the curved pieces of wood forming the sides of a violin or the body of a lute; ornamental band on the spine of a book; or, an arch separating the webs of a vault (3) |
| ORLEANS | City on the Loire successfully claimed back from the English by the 17-year-old French peasant Joan of Arc and her small army during the Hundred Years' War (7) |
| CAEN | Capital of the Calvados department of NW France, on the Orne River approximately 9 miles (14 km) inland from the English Channel (4) |
| MUSANDAM | Omani exclave sitting on the northeastern extension of the Arabian Peninsula, separating the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to form the Strait of Hormuz. (8) |
| BASS | Strait separating Tasmania from the Australian mainland (4) |
| HELLESPONT | Ancient name of the Dardanelles, the strait separating European and Asian Turkey (10) |
| IRISH | That's one in the eye for those initially across from the English (5) |
| KENTISH | Move the sink from the English garden? |
| BOXER | German short-haired, medium-sized dog bred from the English bulldog and the Bullenbeisser (5) |
| MALACCA | Strait of ____ , body of water separating the Malay peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra (7) |
| MENAI | The Strait is a channel of the Irish Sea separating the Welsh mainland from Anglesey (5) |
