| CORALSEA | Arm of the South Pacific, location of the Great Barrier Reef (5,3) |
| TAHITI | Territorial Army struck one in South Pacific location (6) |
| GUAM | Pacific location of a Hard Rock Cafe |
| DEADCALM | 1989 Australian thriller film starring Sam Neill, filmed around the Great Barrier Reef |
| PARADISE | Appearing on the flag of the South Pacific nation, Papua New Guinea, is the bird of ... |
| HUMBOLDT | ? Current, movement of seawater of the South Pacific flowing north along the coasts of Peru and Chile (8) |
| MICHENER | Writer of epics such as Centennial and Tales Of The South Pacific, James ... |
| CORAL | Marine animal that forms the basis of the Great Barrier Reef |
| GHORMLEY | Robert L ?, US Navy vice admiral; commander of the South Pacific Area from June-October, 1942 |
| TASMANSEA | Large arm of the South Pacific between SE Australia and NW New Zealand (6,3) |
| ROSSSEA | Arm of the South Pacific in Antarctica (4,3) |
| QUEENSLAND | The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of this Australian state |
| SIAM | Gulf of -, arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina (4) |
| CAYS | Small types of sandy tropical islands such as those forming the Great Barrier Reef (4) |
| CAIRNS | Australian city in Queensland noted as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef (6) |
| HEART | --- Reef, box B coral formation in the Great Barrier Reef (5) |
| IRAQ | Present-day location of the Great Ziggurat of Ur |
| CHARTS | Nautical maps such as those prepared by Captain James Cook that were later used by Sir David Attenborough in the 19505 when he sailed the Great Barrier Reef (6) |
| MACKAY | The Great Barrier Reef Arena is in this Australian city. (6) |
| COOK | British explorer James who charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef. |
