| WINDWARD | The - Passage, strait between Cuba and N.W. Haiti (8) |
| YUCATAN | Strait between Cuba and Mexico (7) |
| MAGELLAN | Which sea passage (Strait of ___) separates Tierra del Fuego from mainland South America? (8) |
| LAME | ___ Passage (Strait of British Columbia) |
| TENYEARS | War between Cuba and Spain which lasted from 1868-78 (3,5) |
| BADLANDS | Deeply eroded barren region of S.W. Dakota and N. W. Nebraska (8) |
| ANTILLES | A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba and Hispaniola (7,8) |
| CADENZA | Solo passage from port between Cuba and South Africa (7) |
| SYNDROME | Unexplained illnesses affecting employees in the US embassy in Cuba and elsewhere (6,8) |
| BOSPORUS | The ---, a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (8) |
| KATTEGAT | Strait between Jutland and the Swedish mainland, location of islands Samso and Anholt (8) |
| KRAKATOA | Volcanic caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra (8) |
| EBORACUM | Going round Ftome, Cuba and York once (8) |
| CAPEYORK | Northernmost extremity of Australia, projecting into the Torres Strait between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. (4,4) |
| THEMINCH | Strait between the Outer Hebrides and the mainland (3,5) |
| THURSDAY | Island in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea (8) |
| WINDWARDPASSAGE | Channel between Cuba and Hispaniola |
| TSUSHIMA | Largest island of Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture, in the Korea Strait between Japan and South Korea (8) |
| SPITHEAD | Strait between Portsmouth and Isle of Wight (*is a depth) (8) |
| RIA | Long narrow inlet of the sea coast found especially on the coasts of S.W. Ireland and N.W. Spain (3) |
