| SCILLY | Isles of -; archipelago with the capital Hugh Town on its largest settlement St Mary's (6) |
| CANARIES | Spanish archipelago, with "the" |
| STMARYS | Island on which the Scillies' capital, Hugh Town, is located (2,5) |
| JURA | Inner Hebrides isle with Craighouse as its largest settlement (4) |
| WESTRAY | Orkney island which has Pierowall as its largest settlement (7) |
| GASPE | Quebec town on its own peninsula |
| IDEAL | When I go to town on, it's faultless (5) |
| PUFFIN | Auk inhabiting locations including the Faroe Islands, the Isles of Scilly, Skokholm off the Pembrokeshire coast and its neighbouring Skomer (6) |
| AZORES | Atlantic archipelago with Sao Miguel as its largest island (6) |
| ORKNEY | Archipelago with a diverse range of wildlife including Scottish primroses, great yellow bumblebees, corncrakes and seals, chief town Kirkwall (6) |
| ISLAND | Part of archipelago is large, with ___ (6) |
| TRESCO | The second-largest of the Isles of Scilly |
| GAELIC | Language spoken in many of the Western Isles of Scotland (6) |
| BISHOP | Lighthouse off the Isles of Scilly established in 1858 (6,4) |
| ASHLEY | This Emmerdale village resident recently got his job back as vicar of St Mary's Church (6,6) |
| INGRID | Bing's co-star in "The Bells of St. Mary's" |
| SHOALS | Isles of __: Gulf of Maine locale |
| SERMON | Long talk that's often delivered professionally by village vicar Charles Anderson at St Mary's Church (6) |
| AUBURN | Home to 228-year-old St. Mary's Anglican Church in Nova Scotia, or a lovely Fall hue |
| STORNOWAY | A port on the East coast of the Isle of Lewis, largest settlement in the Outer Hebrides (9) |
