| ARALSEA | Stretch of water between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (4,3) |
| ARAL | ___ Sea, body of water between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan |
| USTYURT | Plateau in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, lying between the Aral Sea and the Amu Darya river delta in the east and the Mangyshlak (Tupqarghan) Plateau and the Kara-Bogaz-Gol (Garabogazkol; an inlet of the |
| BRISTOL | Stretch of water between South Wales and Devon/Somerset (7,7) |
| CHANNEL | Stretch of water between South Wales and Devon/Somerset (7,7) |
| ISTANBUL | City somewhere between Uzbekistan and Bulgaria (8) |
| BACTRIA | Ancient region spanning parts of modem Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, probably subdued in the sixth century BC by Persian king Cyrus the Great (7) |
| REACH | Stretch of water between canal locks or river bends; a boxer's "wingspan"; a measure of the size of an audience exposed to an advert; or, the distance sailed between tacks |
| STRAIT | Stretch of water between Baffin Island and Greenland (5,6) |
| DAVIS | Stretch of water between Baffin Island and Greenland (5,6) |
| KILBRANNAN | ,23dn Stretch of water between Arran and Kintyre (10, 5) |
| SOUND | Stretch of water between Arran and Kintyre (10, 5) |
| INDIANOCEAN | Stretch of water between Australia and Africa (6,5) |
| SEVERN | - Estuary, stretch of water between Bristol and Newport (6) |
| NORTHSEA | Stretch of water between the UK and Norway (5,3) |
| ATLANTIC | Stretch of water between America and Ireland (8) |
| STRAITOFDOVER | Stretch of water between the North Sea and the English Channel (6,2,5) |
| POND | Stretch of water between locks in a canal (4) |
| BIGHT | Stretch of water between two headlands (5) |
| AMUDARYA | Largest river of Central Asia, forming much of the northern border of Afghanistan with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan (3,5) |
