| SPANISHMAIN | Term for the northern coast of South America, due to its use by European merchants * (7,4) |
| BOREALIS | Aurora -, term for the northern lights (8) |
| PITBULL | Name for a type of dog descended from bulldogs and terriers that has (unfairly, according to some) a "dangerous" reputation due to its use in dogfighting (7) |
| TAPER | From the Latin word "papyrus" due to its use as a wick, a candle in Anglo-Saxon times, later a thin waxed spill; or, a gradual narrowing (5) |
| EMBRACE | Rush to support heads of European merchant banks in squeeze |
| BURSE | European merchant exchange (var.) |
| JLR | Luxury car manufacturer from the UK temporarily stopping shipments to the US due to new trade conditions.(abbrv) (3) |
| POSTAL | Service temporarily suspended to the US due to carriers' refusal to carry shipments over new customs norms. (6) |
| STATUS | The saint gets at us due to our standing (6) |
| LADYSMANTLE | Plant Alchemilla vulgaris or "dew cup", whose Scottish name "elf-shot" refers to its use as a folk remedy for cattle made unwell by being shot at by supposed malevolent fairies with invisible flint ar |
| BEAUFORTSEA | Part of the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of North America |
| OBSOLESCENT | Russian river fish: by the smell, past its use-by-date |
| ULTIMATHULE | An old name for the northern end of the world |
| HUMBOLDT | Name for the cold-water current of the southeast Pacific Ocean running along the western coast of South America. Except during El Nino periods, this current brings fog to the nearby coast but also hel |
| CAPELOBSTER | Small crustacean native to the coast of South Africa |
| BISCAYNEBAY | Lagoon located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida (8,3) |
| GIANTS | The ___ Causeway is located on a promontory of about 40,000 basalt columns along 4 miles (6 km) of the northern coast of Northern Ireland. Deriving its name from local folklore, it is fabled to be the |
| VESPUCCI | Amerigo, Florentine navigator noted for his exploration of the coast of South America (8) |
| RIVERPLATE | English name for an estuary on the south-east coast of South America (5,5) |
| ATACAMA | Driest nonpolar desert in the world, on the Pacific coast of South America mostly within northern Chile (7) |
