| ALAND | ___ Islands, group of over 6,000 in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish administration (5) |
| ARAN | ___ Islands, group of three isles in the Atlantic off the Republic of Ireland (4) |
| FAEROE | ___ Islands (group of islands belonging to Denmark) |
| HEARD | - and McDonald Islands; group of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean which i |
| FARNE | ___ Islands, group off the coast of Northumberland which house a bird sanctuary (5) |
| OCTET | Group of over 100 characters regularly seen in street (5) |
| OUTER | --- Hebrides, island group of which Barra is a member |
| WHALE | Creature whose offspring can be over 6,000 pounds |
| ABACO | Bahamas' ___ Islands (group that includes Castaway Cay) |
| ADMIRALTY | ___ Islands, group in the Bismarck Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean also known as the Manus Islands (9) |
| ORKNEY | A group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth |
| EXUMACAYS | Group of over 350 Caribbean islets in the Bahamas (5,4) |
| KEELING | ___ Islands, group in the Indian Ocean also called the Cocos Islands (7) |
| CYCLADES | Group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean (8) |
| CHERRIES | The main island group of the West Indies, including all but the Bahamas |
| TREE | General Sherman is the largest one in the world (275 feet tall, weighing over 6,000 tons) |
| BAHAMAS | The ____, island group in the Atlantic where Christopher Columbus first landed in 1492 (7) |
| EULOGISE | Laud's group of over two dozen is in private box |
| IONIAN | ____ Islands, group off the west coast of Greece that includes Corfu (6) |
| WINDWARD | ____ Islands, group in the Caribbean Sea that includes Saint Lucia (8) |