| NORTHERS | Winter gales in the Gulf of Mexico (8) |
| EAGLES | Birds go out in gales in the East (6) |
| SENEGAL | Disastrous NE gales in the country (7) |
| HEAT | Definitely not the winter gales, anyhow - see 19ac ( 10,4) |
| SWELTERING | Definitely not the winter gales, anyhow - see 15ac ( 10,4) |
| NORTHER | Winter gale (7) |
| BLACKMAN | Honor ---, British actress who played Cathy Gale in the 1960s TV series The Avengers (8) |
| CAMPECHE | Bay of -, that part of the Gulf of Mexico west of the Yucatan Peninsula (8) |
| SUWANNEE | US river rising in the Okefenokee Swamp on the Georgia-Florida border which flows to the Gulf of Mexico (8) |
| VERACRUZ | City and port on the Gulf of Mexico occupied by the US during the Tampico Affair of 1914 (8) |
| ANTILLES | Archipelago, comprising two distinct groups, bordered by the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean (8) |
| LEGALISE | Lies about being out in gale in order to make it appear lawful (8) |
| SEAGULLS | Fliers deal with gale in Luss (8) |
| PRINCIPE | Sao Tome and _, island country in the Gulf of Guinea (8) |
| MAGDALEN | ___ Islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence |
| KOHSAMUI | Resort island in the Gulf of Thailand noted for its Big Buddha Temple (3,5) |
| TINTAGEL | This village, and nearby castle, is not far from Bossiney -- it was hit by a terrible gale in the middle of winter and was devastated (8) |
| KANSAS | U.S. state that is the homeland of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard Of Oz (6) |
| GARLAND | Judy -; actress remembered for her role as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (7) |
| LAFITTE | Jean, pirate who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the 19th century (7) |
