| MALDIVES | Republic in the Indian Ocean, capital Male (8) |
| SEYCHELLES | Republic in the Indian Ocean, capital Victoria, whose largest island is Mahe |
| SRILANKA | Island republic in the Indian Ocean |
| HELSINKI | Capital male, 51, goes round basin (8) |
| AMERICAN | Unincorporated territory of the US in the South Pacific Ocean; capital Pago Pago (8,5) |
| KIRIBATI | Island nation in the Pacific Ocean; capital Tarawa (8) |
| MADAGASCAR | Island nation in the Indian Ocean; capital Antananarivo (1O) |
| MAURITIUS | Island in the Indian Ocean; capital Port Louis |
| MAYOTTE | French island group in the Indian Ocean, capital Mamoutzou (7) |
| REUNION | Overseas region of France in the Indian Ocean; capital Saint-Denis (7) |
| MAPUTO | Port city on the Indian Ocean, capital of Mozambique (6) |
| COMOROS | Island republic in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Moroni (7) |
| SRI | Independent republic in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Colombo (3) |
| LANKA | Independent republic in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Colombo (5) |
| BRO | ___ Capital (male-dominated company in Pixar's "Purl") |
| SAMOA | Unincorporated territory of the US in the South Pacific Ocean; capital Pago Pago (8,5) |
| PALAU | Republic of ?, island nation in the western Pacific Ocean; capital Ngerulmud (5) |
| TUVALU | Formerly known as the Ellice Islands, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, capital Funafuti (6) |
| AMERICANSAMOA | Unincorporated territory of the US in the South Pacific Ocean; capital Pago Pago |
| MICRONESIA | Federated States of -, island group in the Pacific Ocean; capital Palikir (10) |
