| FRENCHPOLYNESIA | Chaperones fly in needing work in South Pacific area (6,9) |
| GLASGOW | Mostly pleased to get work in south-west town (7) |
| SCRAWNY | Gaunt artist beginning to work in South Carolina and New York (7) |
| DOUBLETOP | Upper body garment, needing work, in a 40? |
| ROSSSEA | South Pacific area |
| GHORMLEY | Robert L ?, US Navy vice admiral; commander of the South Pacific Area from June-October, 1942 |
| OCEANIA | Pacific area, area in a 'green' uprising |
| MEDDLE | Put one's oar in, needing Olympic success in commentary? |
| APIA | A capital in Pacific area I turned up? (4) |
| LAIN | America city comes in needing lie from the past (4) |
| HUNGARY | Country first in needing food (7) |
| BURGLE | Break in needing food to lift, given life if found out (6) |
| HUNGJURY | Indecisive group, initially jolly upset, coming in needing to eat |
| FRIESIAN | Chips in, needing to secure a source of milk |
| WEARIEST | e.g., April 1st baby carried in needing a diaper change, most exhausted (8) |
| MARIANATRENCH | Pacific area nearly seven miles deep |
| CHINASEA | Pacific area, home: hunt round it first (5,3) |
| PRIMROSE | Flower power achieved prominence round Pacific area, perhaps |
| MELANESIA | Pacific area which includes New Caledonia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea |
| SULU | Borneo Pacific area, ... Sea (or the helmsman on Star Trek) |
