| BOSPORUS | Strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara |
| KERCHSTRAIT | Only body of water connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov, known to the Romans as the Cimmerius Bosporus (5,6) |
| TEKIRDAG | City in Turkey on the northern coast of the Sea of Marmara (8) |
| GULFOFOMAN | Strait that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz |
| DARDANELLES | The strait which lies between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara, known as the Hellespont in ancient times (11) |
| BOSPHORUS | Connection between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara |
| ROMANIA | Country on the Black Sea with the capital Bucharest, location of the Transylvanian medieval Bran Castle resembling Dracula's fictional abode (7) |
| KOREA | Strait that connects the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea |
| LANDSMAN | Someone unfamiliar with the sea or sailing (8) |
| HORMUZ | Strait that connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman (6) |
| BYZANTIUM | Ancient city on the Sea of Marmara (9) |
| TURKISHBATHS | Steamers on the Sea of Marmara? (7,5) |
| MARITIME | Connected with the sea (8) |
| COLDFISH | Unemotional type is familiar with the seas around The Artic presumably (4,4) |
| SOLENT | Strait that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland of England (6) |
| STGEORGESCHANNEL | Waters linking the Irish Sea with the south-west of the Celtic Sea and Atlantic Ocean |
| MURDOCH | Iris, winner of the 1978 Booker Prize with The Sea, the Sea (7) |
| SUNDA | ___ Strait, the body of water between Java and Sumatra linking the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean (5 |
| SKAGERRAK | Strait between Norway and Denmark connecting the North Sea with the Kattegat sea area (9) |
| TORRES | -- Strait, channel linking the Arafura Sea with the Coral Sea (6) |
