| ANGLESEY | Which Welsh island is separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait? (8) |
| NAIS | Jean-Philippe Rameau opera; part of Menai Strait? |
| TAIWAN | Which island is separated from SE China by the Formosa Strait (6) |
| CAPEBRETON | --- Island is separated from mainland Canada by the Strait of Canso (4,6) |
| WINNOWED | Given drinks and accepting present, is separated from the chaff |
| BOSPORUS | Istanbul is at the south end of what strait? (8) |
| ORKNEYISLANDS | What is separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth? (6,7) |
| TASMANIA | Teaching assistant's obsession: What lies south of the Bass Strait? (8) |
| SHIKOKU | The smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea (north) and the Kii Strait (east) and from Kyushu by the Bungo Strait (west). (7) |
| JURA | Island in the Inner Hebrides that is separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of ... (4) |
| HANOI | In which Asian city is Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as Lake of the Restored Sword, where the Temple of the Jade Mountain is connected to the mainland by the red The Huc Bridge? (5) |
| NEWFOUNDLAND | Large island of E Canada separated from the mainland by the Strait of Belle Isle (12) |
| ORPHAN | In typography, the first line of a paragraph which is separated from the rest of the paragraph by a column break (6) |
| FUEGO | Archipelago at the southern extremity of South America separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan; Spanish, ' land of fire' (6,3,5) |
| SKYE | Scottish island separated from the mainland by the Kyle of Lochalsh (4) |
| WHEY | The watery part of milk, which is separated from the curd in cheesemaking (4) |
| ORKNEY | A group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth |
| BOOTHIA | The -- Peninsula of N.E. Canada is separated from Prince of Wales Island by the Franklin Strait (7) |
| THANET | Isle of ?, area of Kent formerly separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel |
| ISLEOF | Area of NE Kent formerly separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel (4,2,6) |
