| FOAM | A poetic word for the sea (4) |
| BARK | A word for the abrupt cry of a dog; the tannin-rich covering of a tree trunk; a poetic word for a boat; or, fruit-and-nut-topped chocolate broken into jagged pieces (4) |
| MARL | Chalky clay used as a fertiliser; a poetic word for the ground; or, heather-like mottled yarn (4) |
| KEEL | Part of a ship represented in the constellation Carina; a poetic word for a boat; or, a prow-shaped pair of petals of a papilionaceous plant (4) |
| PROW | A vessel's fore; a poetic word for a ship; or, any projecting front part (4) |
| VALE | What is a poetic word for "valley"? (4) |
| EBON | Poetic word for the very dark colour of the wood traditionally used to make a piano's black keys that exist harmoniously with its ivories (4) |
| EVEN | Old or poetic word for the close of the day that also means balanced, calm, equal, fair, flat or uniform (4) |
| TREE | Poetic word for the Cross (4) |
| PENNON | From the Latin for "feather", a flag, such as a medieval knight's personal ensign or a streamer attached to a lance; or, a poetic word for a wing (6) |
| NOON | Midday when the Sun is in its zenith; or, a poetic word the highest or culminating point (4) |
| HEAVEN | Empyrean abode of angels, God and saints in Christianity; or, usually in plural, a poetic word for the sky in which the moon, planets, stars and sun appear or move (6) |
| IRIS | _ Murdoch, novelist who won the Booker Prize for The Sea, The Sea in 1978 (4) |
| SUMMER | A time of blossoming or happiness; a poetic word for a year; one of the four seasons; or, from the Old French meaning "packhorse", a large beam or lintel (6) |
| GLEBE | From Latin for "clod", a plot of land attached to a parish church that served as part of a clergyman's benefice; or, a poetic word for fields or the soil (5) |
| SALT | He has a taste for the sea (4) |
| DITCH | Narrow trench for irrigation or drainage; informal word for the sea; or, the border of a bowling green (5) |
| AGES | How long it takes for the sea to cover up the tip of Gibralter (4) |
| KINA | Maori name for the sea urchin (4) |
| ERNE | Another name for the sea eagle (4) |
