| ISLANDS | The Falklands, for example |
| MALVINAS | Islas --, the Argentine name for the Falklands (8) |
| NOTT | Sir John ___, secretary of state for defence at the time of the Falklands war (4) |
| FEARLESS | The most recent of seven ships called HMS ____ participated in the Falklands and Gulf wars |
| LORDCHALFONT | Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, 100, Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister at the time of the Falklands War (4,8) |
| SOUTHGEORGIA | Barren island 800 miles southeast of the Falklands where the whaling port of Leith was abandoned in 1966 (5,7) |
| KINGPENGUIN | Aptenodytes patagonicus, found on the Falklands and other islands bordering the Antarctic Circle (4,7) |
| GENTOO | Third-largest member of the penguin family, found on the Falklands and other subantarctic islands; Pygoscelis papua (6) |
| RAULALFONSIN | Who, in 1983, was elected Presider of Argentina, displacing the military after the Falklands War? (4,8) |
| ISLAS | -- Malvinas (the Falklands) |
| SCOTIA | Sea south of the Falklands |
| ASEA | Some distance from the Falklands |
| GALTIERI | Argentine ruling general in the Falklands War (8) |
| ATSEA | Cruising towards the Falklands |
| EXOCET | French missile used in the Falklands War |
| ARGENTINA | One side in the Falklands War |
| ISLE | Any of the Falklands |
| ANDREW | Which prince served in the Falklands War? (6) |
| ATLANTIC | Ocean home to the Falklands (8) |
| KHAKI | Uniform choice, as in 1900 or with the Falklands factor (5,8) |
