| MENAI | ___ Strait, channel of the Irish Sea (5) |
| MENAISTRAIT | Channel of the Irish Sea between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of North Wales (5,6) |
| SUNDA | ___ Strait, the body of water between Java and Sumatra linking the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean (5 |
| KOREA | ___ Strait (waterway bordering Japan) |
| EURIPUS | ? Strait, channel of water between Euboea and Boeotia in Greece noted for its strong tidal current |
| TORRES | -- Strait, channel linking the Arafura Sea with the Coral Sea (6) |
| SOLENT | The ___, strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (6) |
| SOLWAYFIRTH | The Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve is on the shoreline of this inlet of the Irish Sea |
| CARDIGANBAY | Arm of the Irish Sea off the coast of Aberystwyth (8,3) |
| CARDIGAN | ___ Bay, large inlet of the Irish Sea indenting the west coast of Wales (8) |
| CAMARGUE | Region of southern France between the Mediterranean and the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhone |
| RIA | Narrow channel of the sea |
| STRAIT | Channel of the sea |
| GUTTERPRESS | Channel of the media that deals in sensational journalism (6,5) |
| STRAITS | Narrow channels of the sea joining two larger bodies of water (7) |
| UR | An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River. |
| NOSTRILS | The channels of the nose through which air is inhaled or exhaled and directed to the olfactory senso |
| NOSTRIL | Channel of the nose also called a naris (7) |
| SOLWAY | ------Firth, an inlet of the Irish Sea separating Cumbria from Dumfries and Galloway (6) |
| PALK | ? Strait, channel between SE India and Sri Lanka |
