| SOLENT | The ___ , strait of the English Channel between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (6) |
| THESOLENT | Strait of the English Channel between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (3,6) |
| OSTIUM | Entrance, opening, eg Oceani ____, Straits of Gibraltar (vide Cic. De Imp. 33) |
| GAELIC | Any of the closely-related Celtic languages of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, forming the Goidelic group (6) |
| STRAIT | With an example found at the narrowest part of the English Channel, a passage connecting two larger areas of sea/water (6) |
| DORSET | County between Hampshire and Devon (6) |
| BERING | Danish seafarer who discovered Alaska and a strait of the Pacific separating Russia from North America (6) |
| GRAEME | Football legend who swam part of the English Channel for charity (6,7) |
| EDERLE | First woman swimmer of the English Channel |
| CHINE | Word, local to Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, for a narrow ravine cut by a stream; an animal's backbone, as a joint for cooking; or, something projecting like said rachis, such as a crest or |
| WEYMOUTH | Seaside town on the southern tip of the Jurassic Coast near Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland (8) |
| RANCE | River in NW France that flows into the English Channel between Dinard and Saint-malo (5) |
| SPITHEAD | Extensive anchorage between mainland England and the Isle of Wight (8) |
| SUNDA | The ____ Strait is between Java and Sumatra, two of the Greater ____ Islands |
| ORESUND | Bridge connecting Malm and Copenhagen over the strait of the same name where parts of a drama featur |
| JUTES | Germanic people who invaded SE England in the 5th century AD, populating, according to Bede, Kent and the Isle of Wight (5) |
| IRISH | ___ Sea, body of water surrounding Anglesey and the Isle of Man (5) |
| IRISHSEA | Body of water containing islands including Anglesey (connected to Ynys Gaint) and the Isle of Man (5,3) |
| ASAMI | Sadao, Japanese competitor who raced both GPS, Macau, and the Isle of MANTT foryamaha in the late 70s. (5) |
| GAEL | Member of a Celtic people native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man (4) |
