| SAMAR | Third-largest island of the Philippines, separated from Leyte by the San Juanico Strait (5) |
| LEYTE | Large island of the central Philippines separated from Samar by the San Juanico Strait (5) |
| LUZON | Largest island of the Philippines, separated from the others of the group by the Sibuyan Sea (5) |
| BATAN | The -- Islands are a group of the Philippines separated from Taiwan by the Bashi Channel (5) |
| FUNEN | Third-largest island of Denmark, linked to the largest, Zealand, by the Great Belt Bridge (5) |
| MINDORO | Seventh-largest island of the Philippines, separated from Luzon by the Verde Island Passage (7) |
| IBIZA | Third-largest island of the Balearics, known locally as Eivissa (5) |
| BOHOL | Tenth-largest island of the Philippines, in the central Visayan group north of Mindanao (5) |
| PANAY | Sixth-largest island of the Philippines by area, in the western Visayas between Negros and Mindoro (5) |
| SUMATRA | Third-largest island of Indonesia by area, separated from the Malay Peninsula by the Strait of Malacca (7) |
| JERRY | ___ Rice NFL player who had his number officially retired by the San Francisco 49ers |
| BOWEN | Bruce whose #12 was retired by the San Antonio Spurs |
| CEBU | Island of the central Philippines separated from Negros by the Tanon Strait (4) |
| BOAVISTA | Easternmost and third-largest island of Cape Verde; from Portuguese, 'good view' (3,5) |
| ELBA | Third-largest island of Italy; site of Napoleon Bonaparte's first exile (1814-15) |
| OAHU | Third-largest island of Hawaii, known as 'The Gathering Place' (4) |
| MINDANAO | Second-largest island of the Philippines, known as the Land of Promise (8) |
| SULUSEA | Region of the western North Pacific between northeastern Borneo and the southwestern islands of the Philippines (4,3) |
| BORNEO | Third-largest island in the world, in the western Pacific southeast of the Malay Peninsula (6) |
| MONTANA | Joe ___ NFL player who had his number officially retired by the San Francisco 49ers |
