| PUERTO | - Rico, island in the northeastern Caribbean (6) |
| THANET | Isle of ____, island in the northeastern part of Kent (6) |
| PUERTORICO | Self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States in the northeastern Caribbean Sea (6,4) |
| LEE | The ___ward 2 across are situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean (as long as they are out of the wind!) (3) |
| NUBIAN | Name for the desert found in the northeastern portion of Northern Sudan, wedged between the Nile River and the Red Sea. (6) |
| ULSTER | A historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island. |
| BUCHAN | Scottish clan that originated in the northeastern part of Aberdeenshire (6) |
| LEAGUE | Group of eight private universities in the northeastern US including Yale (3,6) |
| BENGAL | Bay of _, the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean (6) |
| PLENTY | Bay of ___ , active volcanic region on the northeastern coast of New Zealand's North Island (6) |
| LIBYAN | The northeastern portion of the Sahara, extending from eastern Libya through southwestern Egypt into the extreme northwest of Sudan. |
| LENAPE | Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands who live in the US and Canada |
| EPPING | ____ Forest, ancient woodland in Essex on the northeastern edge of London (6) |
| CHAMPLAIN | Lake in the northeastern U.S. between the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks (9) |
| IVY | Group of eight private universities in the northeastern US including Yale (3,6) |
| IVYLEAGUE | Group of eight private universities in the northeastern US that include Yale (3,6) |
| ACELA | Speedy train in the northeastern U.S. |
| FLYINGSAUCER | Apt attraction in the northeastern Ontario township of Moonbeam: 2 wds. |
| VERMONT | This small state in the northeastern U.S. existed as an independent republic from 1777 to 1790. (7) |
| NEWENGLAND | Region which includes six states in the northeastern United States (3,7) |
