| ARCTICOCEAN | This ocean, located in Earth's northern polar region, is the world's smallest. (6,5) |
| ICECAP | Polar region is wrong place to cool one's heels perhaps (3,3)' |
| BAYOFBENGAL | Part of the Indian Ocean located between the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese peninsula (3,2,6) |
| BAROSSAVALLEY | In which wine region is the Turkey Flat vineyard, with some of the oldest Shiraz vines in the world? (7,6) |
| MONACO | Apart from the Vatican, which sovereign state is the world's smallest? (6) |
| COONAWARRA | In which wine-growing region is the terra rossa soil? (10) |
| BARENTSSEA | A body of water in the Arctic Ocean located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia (7,3) |
| TRACT | This region is the central attraction (5) |
| SHREW | One of these insectivores is the world's smallest mammal (5) |
| ANOA | Miniature water buffalo-like Sulawesian sapi-utan which is the world's smallest wild cattle species (4) |
| NORTHSEA | Shallow northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean located between Britain and northwestern Europe (5,3) |
| MENAISTRAIT | Channel of the Irish Sea whose turbulent central region is known as the 'Swellies' (5,6) |
| PETROGLYPHS | UNESCO designated 34 new World Heritage Sites late last month; Russia's Karelia region is on the list for these 6,000-year-old rock drawings |
| AUSTRALIANS | People from the world's smallest continent |
| CRYMEARIVER | "I'm playing the world's smallest violin" |
| OVERBEARING | Domineering, brave region is transformed (11) |
| NARCOTIC | Drug only found in Northern polar region (8) |
| ARCTIC | Of the northern polar region |
| ATLANTIC | The British Overseas Territory of Bermuda is in this ocean (8) |
| INDIAN | In the whirlwind I anchor in this ocean? (6) |
