| FAEROE | The ___ Islands, self-governing Danish territory (6) |
| GREENLAND | Large island self-governing province of Denmark (9) |
| BAKERY | Danish territory in the high street? (6) |
| CHAGOS | Recently in the news, the UK plans to give Mauritius sovereignty of the ___ Islands in the Indian Ocean (6) |
| CAYMAN | The ______ Islands: autonomous British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea (6) |
| HILBRE | The ___ Islands, located at the mouth of the Dee estuary; accessible on foot during summer low tides (6) |
| ORKNEY | The world's shortest commercial flight (less than two minutes) connects Westray and Papa Westray, two of the ___ Islands. (6) |
| IONIAN | The ___ Islands are a group that include Corfu, Zante and Ithaca (6) |
| GENTLE | PEI nickname, ' The ___ Island' |
| LONELY | The ___ Island ("I Just Had Sex" group) |
| TAIWAN | Self-governing island in the western Pacific Ocean whose president is Tsai Ing-wen (6) |
| STATEN | The __ Island Ferry |
| FAROE | The ___ Islands (Danish territory near Iceland) |
| THRUST | Force hospital into control of self-governing body |
| SCHOUTEN | The ___ Islands are a group of islands in the Pacific, off the N coast of Irian Jaya, the largest of which is Biak |
| PITCAIRN | The last remaining British overseas territory in the Pacific: The ___ Islands (8) |
| GALAPAGOS | The _ Islands, archipelago of volcanic islands either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean (9) |
| AEOLIAN | Group of islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, including Lipari, the _ Islands (7) |
| ALEUTIAN | The ____ Islands are the westernmost land in the USA's 50 states |
| LEEWARD | The ___ Islands are a group of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea (7) |
