| BLENNY | A small, spiny-finned fish that frequents British coasts (6) |
| REMORA | Marine spiny-finned fish that attaches itself to larger fish, rocks, etc by a sucking disc on the top of its head (6) |
| GOBY | A small, spiny-finned fish with its ventral fins modified as a sucker (4) |
| DRAGONET | Small spiny-finned fish that lives at the bottom of shallow seas (8) |
| BALLAN | Colourful fish, common around British coasts (*as well as bran) (6,6) |
| WRASSE | Colourful fish, common around British coasts (*as well as bran) (6,6) |
| TITTLEBIT | A childish term for a small spiny-backed river-fish (9) |
| STORMSURGE | In early December 2013, Cyclone Xaver produced a ____ on British coasts described as the worst in 60 years |
| HAAR | Mist on northeastern British coasts |
| SEASNAIL | Small spiny-finned fish of cold seas, with a soft scaleless body and the pelvic fins fused into a sucker (3,5) |
| ANGLER | Spiny-finned fish of the order Pediculati (6) |
| CHOUGH | A black bird with a downcurved bill that frequents mountains and cliffs (6) |
| GOBIES | Spiny-finned fish |
| ADONIS | ___ blue, butterfly with white-fringed wings that frequents southern chalk downland in the UK (6) |
| TSETSE | Fly that frequents crosswords |
| ACULEA | Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects. |
| PERCH | A pole, rod or stick; a roost; a linear measure of 5A yards; a high chair; a unit of stonework; a spiny-finned fish; or, a frame on which to inspect cloth (5) |
| SALMON | Soft-finned fish such as Salmo salar (6) |
| BENNY | Small spiny-finned marine fish left out for 1970s comedian Mr Hill (5) |
| EEL | Ray-finned fish that has moray, conger and spaghetti families (3) |
