| HAWAII | American state in the Pacific Ocean (6) |
| OREGON | A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States (6) |
| TRENCH | The deepest point on the Earth's surface is located in the Mariana ______ in the Pacific Ocean. (6) |
| KIRIBATI | Independent state in the Pacific Ocean whose capital is Tarawa (8) |
| SAMOA | Independent state in the Pacific Ocean whose capital is Apia |
| COSTAGUANA | Fictional Latin American state in the Joseph Conrad novel Nostromo (10) |
| OHIO | American state in the Midwest (4) |
| CHINA | Feature on American state in the east (5) |
| ELNINO | In meteorology, the appearance of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean occurring every few years (2,4) |
| TUVALU | Formerly known as the Ellice Islands, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, capital Funafuti (6) |
| TAHITI | A strike in odd parts of this island in the Pacific Ocean (6) |
| RYUKYU | Island chain in the Pacific Ocean that includes Okinawa (6,7) |
| MOREAU | Mad scientist character, created by H.G. Wells, who resides on an island in the Pacific Ocean (6) |
| EASTER | ____ Island, Chilean territory in the Pacific Ocean noted for its carved figures with giant heads (6) |
| UTAH | The American state in which Mormonism developed (4) |
| ORE | State in the Pacific Northwest: Abbr. |
| IDAHO | Panhandle state in the Pacific Northwest |
| TEXAS | American state in which Dallas is set (5) |
| MAINE | American state in which many Stephen King novels are set |
| USA | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. |
