Answer: straits

AnswerCrossword Clue
STRAITS

Malacca and Magellan

STRAITS

Narrow waterways

STRAITS

Connecting waterways

STRAITS
They may be dire
STRAITS
Pressing situation
STRAITSPredicament
STRAITSJuan de Fuca and Magellan
STRAITSSome are dire
STRAITSThey can be dire
STRAITSThey might be dire
STRAITSBering et al.
STRAITSMagellan, Bering, etc.
STRAITS"Dire" situations
STRAITS... Settlements: capital, Singapore.
STRAITS... Settlements.
STRAITSGibraltar, Bass, Torres, etc.
STRAITSBab el Mandeb, Golden Gate.
STRAITSMalacca, Torres, etc.
STRAITSOtranto et al.
STRAITSMagellan and Malacca.
STRAITSDover, Magellan, etc.
STRAITSDifficulties, often dire.
STRAITSMackinac and Magellan.
STRAITSGibraltar and others.
STRAITS... Settlements, former British colony
STRAITSDire ..., rock group
STRAITSDifficulties
STRAITSPlights
STRAITSEmergencies
STRAITSZone of the ...: 1920-23
STRAITSGibraltar and Magellan
STRAITSIn dire ...
STRAITSGeographical connectors
STRAITSNarrow passageways
STRAITSSome shipping routes
STRAITSRock's Dire --
STRAITSNarrow ship passages
STRAITSIn dire --
STRAITSGibraltar and Dover
STRAITSDire ....