ISLANDS OF DREAMS  1

CAN YOU FIND THE NAMES OF ISLANDS?

1. Small yellow songbirds (8)....................................................................................................  

2. Jerry Lee ……………Collins (5)........................................................................................................ 

3. Lettuce (3).......................................................................................................................................... 

4. The December Festival (9).................................................................................................... 

5. Richard Branson’s islands (6)................................................................................................  

6. Jim Hawkins set sail for this one (8,6)............................................................................

7. Senior Accountant (7)................................................................................................................. 

8. Where Alexander Selkirk was marooned in 1704 (8,6).....................................

9. Elvis film “Blue…….” (6)................................................................................................................... 

10. Invaded by Argentina in 1982 (9)....................................................................................... 

11. Recently discovered country (12)...................................................................................... 

12. Did one of Lazarus’ sisters pick her grapes on this island? (6’1, 8)........... 

13. Birthplace of Napoleon (7)...................................................................................................... 

14. The Island of Napoleon’s exile (4)..................................................................................... 

15. Where Napoleon died (2, 6).................................................................................................. 

16. Do they lie to the far north east? (5)................................................................................. 

17. Do this to your wine at 4 (4).................................................................................................... 

18. The Venue de Milo was discovered here (5)............................................................. 

19. R NEAT STORM (anag)(9)......................................................................................................... 

20. Mysterious stone heads stand here (6)......................................................................... 

21. “Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing, over the sea to.…”(4).............

22. Would you buy your lounge suite here? (12)............................................................

23. Was this the home of the Minotaur? (5).......................................................................

24. Are these isles foolish? (5,2,6).............................................................................................. 

25. Copper graduate (4).................................................................................................................... 

26. The blue line on the London underground (8).......................................................

27. Sound like leg joints of Tolkein’s goblins (7).............................................................

28. Discovered and named “Formosa” by the Portuguese (6)............................

29. A Barry Manilow Triangle (7).................................................................................................

30. The ship in 6 (10)............................................................................................................................

31. Gauguin’s home for two years (6).....................................................................................

32. Islands of the alligator (6)........................................................................................................

33. Can it be laid by a hen? (4).....................................................................................................

34. The gigantic statue of the sun god, Helios, was destroyed here around 230BC (6)................. 

35. Farmyard manure (4).................................................................................................................. 

36. Forty days after 20 (9)................................................................................................................

37. A get together of old classmates (7)..............................................................................

38. Island of giant tortoises and Darwin’s finches (9).................................................

39. Stone everyone (7).......................................................................................................................

40. The FAB island (6,6)....................................................................................................................

41. The birthplace of the Duke of Edinburgh (5)............................................................

42. A £1-1-0 coin in mint condition (3,6)................................................................................

43. “The Birdman of ………” starred Burt Lancaster (8)....................................................

44. Does it sound like a W.I. lady? (7)......................................................................................

45. The home of the dodo (9)......................................................................................................

46. The George Cross island (5).................................................................................................. 

47. David’s son who succeeded him as king (7)............................................................

48. A DRAB SOB (anag) (8).............................................................................................................

49. Birthplace of Barnabas (6).....................................................................................................

50. Originally called Van Dieman’s Land (8).....................................................................