| EXPLOITS | Bay of ___ (Body of water in Newfoundland) |
| NAPLES | Bay of ___ , body of water in which Capri is located (6) |
| BISCAY | Bay of ___ (body of water between France and Spain) |
| BENGAL | Bay of ___ (body of water fed by the Ganges) |
| GALILEE | Sea of ___, body of water in Israel also called Lake Tiberias (7) |
| ADEN | Gulf of ___ (body of water off the coast of Yemen) |
| SIDRA | Gulf of ___ (body of water off the coast of Libya) |
| AZOV | Sea of ___, body of water at one end of the Kerch Strait |
| YACSIB | Bay of ___, body separating Spain and France |
| MARMARA | Sea of ___, body of water in NW Turkey linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus (7) |
| AQABA | Gulf of ___ , body of water at the northern tip of the Red Sea (5) |
| MALACCA | Strait of ____ , body of water separating the Malay peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra (7) |
| SIAM | Gulf of ___, body of water next to Viet Nam |
| TONKIN | Gulf of ___, body of water separating Hainan Island from mainland Vietnam (6) |
| MEXICO | Gulf of ___: Body of water on Florida's west coast (6) |
| GEORGIA | Strait of _ (Body of water between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia) |
| LEVEN | Loch ___, body of water in Perth and Kinross, Scotland housing a castle that was a place of imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots (5) |
| BELLEISLE | Strait of ___ ___ (Body of water between Labrador and the island of Newfoundland) |
| PIGS | Bay of ___ , anti-Castro invasion in 1961 (4) |
| NESS | Loch ___, body of water in NW Scotland south-west of Inverness (4) |
