| PORT | ___ Blair, the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| PORTBLAIR | Capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (4,5) |
| RAHUL | Opposition leader who tours the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. (First name) (5) |
| PHUKET | Largest island of Thailand, known as 'the Pearl of the Andaman Sea' (6) |
| ISLANDS | Andaman and Nicobar lads sin badly (7) |
| ISLAND | In small lock-ups, all nonconformist, dissenting leaders were held together in Andaman & Nicobar, say (6) |
| KRA | The Isthmus of --- is a narrow neck of the Malay Peninsula between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea (3) |
| NICOBAR | The --- Islands are a group in the Indian Ocean which form, with the Andaman Islands, a union territory of India (7) |
| DAM | Barrier in the Andaman Islands (3) |
| IRRAWADDY | Long river in Myanmar, flowing 1,370 miles into the Andaman Sea (9) |
| THAILAND | A kingdom in South East Asia, on the Andaman Sea (8) |
| OIL | Indian company that discovered natural gas reserves in the Andaman Sea. (abbvr) (3) |
| OILWELL | Blair, the writer, has Independent line for right source of energy (3,4) |
| ANDAMAN | Islands linked to the Nicobar group (7) |
| DODO | Extinct relative of the Nicobar pigeon |
| CAAICATURE | "Cook/Blair - the last two" - accurate satire (10) |
| EXORCIST | Classic horror film starring Linda Blair, The ___ |
| CHESTERTON | Box given to Queen by curt Blair, the man behind Brown? |
| ISLA | ___ Blair, actress whose TV credits include The Advocates and When The Boat Comes In (4) |
| CHERIE | ___ Blair, lawyer and wife of former prime minister Tony Blair (6) |
