| BRUNEI | Independent Islamic sultanate on the northern coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Its land area is bounded by the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. (6) |
| ASIAN | Relating to Asia, its people, customs or languages (5) |
| LABUAN | Island off the NW coast of Borneo in the South China Sea forming a federal territory of Malaysia; capital, Victoria (6) |
| HENCEFORTH | From now on smashing French hotel loses its "L" (10) |
| ROBINSONCRUSOE | Shipwreck victim scours Borneo in panic (8,6) |
| UCA | Fiddler crab genus (or, a university minus its L) |
| TROMPE | Time to play with England - but if it's l'oeil, it's an illusion! (6) |
| AREA | For a rectangle, it's L x W |
| SARAWAK | A Malaysian state on the North West Coast of the island of Borneo (7) |
| TEKIRDAG | City in Turkey on the northern coast of the Sea of Marmara (8) |
| NASSAU | The capital and chief port of the Bahamas, on the coast of the island of New Providence (6) |
| CRIMEA | Peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea incorporated by Russia in 2014 |
| TAMBORA | Volcano on the northern coast of Sumbawa island, Indonesia, that in April 1815 exploded in the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. (7) |
| MELILLA | Spanish exclave, military base, and free port on the northern coast of Morocco. The city is located on the eastern side of the Cabo Tres Forcas. (7) |
| LAE | Town on the eastern coast of the island of New Guinea in the Morobe province? (3) |
| BLUE | - Grotto; natural sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri that was the sacred sanctuary of Tiberius (4) |
| HONIARA | Capital of the Solomon Islands, on the NW coast of the island of Guadalcanal (7) |
| ROADTOWN | Capital of the British Virgin Islands, on the south coast of the island of Tortola (4,4) |
| SABAH | State of Malaysia on the island of Borneo which includes the 4095m Mount Kinabalu (5) |
| BRONDBY | Municipality on the east coast of the island of Zealand, Denmark, west of Copenhagen |
