| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CRIMEA | Area around the Black Sea |
| ODESSAN | Native of the Black Sea area. |
| CRIMEAN | ... Peninsula (Black Sea area) |
| PRACTICESORCERY | Fool around in the black arts |
| BYHOOKORBYCROOK | Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| ringdove | small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck |
