| EASTCOAST | The Atlantic seaboard of the US and New Zealand's North Island between Opotiki and Gisborne (4,5) |
| SOTOL | Yuccalike desert plants of the agave family native to the USA and new Mexico |
| EYES | Five __, intelligence-gathering alliance including the UK, US and New Zealand (4) |
| RAINBOWTROUT | Large salmonid food and game fish native to the Pacific seaboard of North America; Oncorhynchus mykiss (7,5) |
| RIATA | Dal ___, Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western seaboard of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland |
| ANZAC | Australia and New Zealand's April 25 celebration, ... Day |
| AMAZONS | Samoa and New Zealand's wild warlike women (7) |
| EASTERNER | Term for a U.S. citizen who lives on or near the Atlantic seaboard (9) |
| PALMBEACH | Resort town of SE Florida on an island between Lake Worth and the Atlantic Ocean (4,5) |
| GREENLAND | The world's largest island, between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans (9) |
| RIOGRANDE | River on the border of the US and Mexico (3,6) |
| FALSEALOE | Plant of the USA and Mexico, also called the Virginia agave (5,4) |
| EASTBOUND | Silly and obtuse, heading perhaps from New Plymouth to Gisborne (9) |
| LAMPEDUSA | The largest of Italy's Pelagie Islands, between Malta and Tunisia (9) |
| PLENTY | Bay of ___ , active volcanic region on the northeastern coast of New Zealand's North Island (6) |
| ROTORUA | A city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island (7) |
| WAIKATO | Region of New Zealand's North Island whose major centre is the city of Hamilton |
| BENBECULA | Hebridean island between North Uist and South Uist (9) |
| AUCKLAND | City on New Zealand's North Island, nicknamed The City of Sails (8) |
| JOHN | And 21 The sixth President of the US and the son of the second US President (4,6,5) |