| MAJORCA | Largest of the Balearics |
| IBIZA | Spanish island in the Mediterranean, third largest of the Balearics (5) |
| KILLERWHALE | Big swimmer seen in the largest of the Balearics finally (6,5) |
| ORCA | Big swimmer at the end of two of the Balearics (4) |
| CHAMOMILE | Herb which is known as the "golden plant of the Balearics" because of its many medicinal uses, including in a calming tea (9) |
| MINORCA | Island of the Balearics northeast of Majorca (7) |
| FORMENTERA | Large island of the Balearics group south of Ibiza |
| POSIDONIA | Seagrass plant, called the "lung of the Mediterranean" and a protected species in the Balearics |
| RAZORBILL | Marine bird with slender bill which reaches the Balearics from its northern breeding grounds by travelling via the Strait of Gibraltar, and is therefore more common on Ibiza and Formentera than Mallor |
| DEMOISELLES | Misses protest the Spanish joined in the Balearics? |
| CATALAN | Language spoken in parts of Spain and the Balearics (7) |
| ALBUFERA | Nature preserve in north Mallorca, the biggest and most important wetland in the Balearics (8) |
| PALMA | Date-tree near a resort in the Balearics (5) |
| ARCHIPELAGO | Most of Spanish region spanning circuit in Balearics, the island group |
| EMPEROR | This star of the National Geographic film, March Of The Penguins, is the largest of the species |
| RHODES | Greek island in the Aegean Sea, largest of the Dodecanese and home to one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (6) |
| DERG | What is the largest of the lakes on the Shannon River in the Republic of Ireland, dividing Galway fr |
| SKYE | With the capital Portree, the largest of the Inner Hebrides, site of the Cuillin range (4) |
| LNER | Abbreviated form of the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act of 1921 |
| STCROIX | The abbreviated name of the largest of the US Virgin Islands (2,5) |
