| SKERRY | (Scot.) A small reef or rocky island (6) |
| KENNING | According to Scots, a small portion of S. London area being out of fashion |
| SKERRIES | Reefs or rocky islands (8) |
| MOTU | Small reef island in the S Pacific (4) |
| LAGOONS | Learner in the past on small reef-bound areas of water (7) |
| PLASH | Word for a twisted section of a living fence; a petty pool or puddle; a dabble; a downpour; a babble or a burble; a splish or a splosh; a squirt of water; or, in Scots, a jabble (5) |
| PEEDIE | In Scots, a tiny wee thing; or, a child's pear-shaped spinning top (6) |
| CORKIR | (Scot.) A red lichen used for dyeing (6) |
| WRASSE | A beautiful often brightly coloured percoid fish of coral reefs or tropical waters, yet its name, from Cornish or Welsh, means "old woman" or "hag" (6) |
| HAMMER | - of the Scots; a name by which Edward I was known (6) |
| CORRAL | Carl or Rocky is an American stockholder (6) |
| ZIRCON | Zinc or rocky mineral in crystal form (6) |
| RUGGED | Rough-hewn or rocky (6) |
| KNOTTY | Troublesome (as reef or sheepshank?) (6) |
| SEQUEL | "Rocky II" or "Rocky III" |
| FLUGGS | Small rocky island of the Shetlands; the location of Britain's northernmost lighthouse (6) |
| MUCKLE | Small rocky island of the Shetlands; the location of Britain's northernmost lighthouse (6) |
| STONES | Word for various hard objects including cherry pips, cobbles, gems, granites for curling, pellets of hail, querns or rocky meteorites (6) |
| LAGOON | An area of water separated from the sea by coral reefs or earth or sand banks (6) |
| TRAGIC | Calamitous and greatly distressing hill or rocky peak |
