| ALFA | A, on radio with the Coast Guard |
| ERRANT | Roving about at the end of Drivetime on Capital Radio with the sound off (6) |
| RADIO | Way to communicate with the Coast Guard |
| BOARDINGOFFICER | *Law enforcer with the Coast Guard |
| SANDBAR | Offshore bank running parallel with the coast (4,3) |
| JELLYROLLMORTON | Jazz legend's explosive part heard on radio, with a lot of extra style (5,4,6) |
| NEEDED | Wanted to work on radio with journalist (6) |
| GLISTENING | Good stuff on radio, with sparkle |
| LEONARDODAVINCI | Working on radio with Clive Anderson narrating documentary principally about famous artist |
| RISER | Turns up, it's about one of the nights on the radio with one of those on the up (5) |
| STEVEJONES | Welsh geneticist who was the 1991 Reith Lecturer on BBC Radio, with a series entitled The Language of the Genes |
| JAWS | 1975 movie with the line: "Did you notify the Coast Guard about this?" |
| BRUISE | Damage a pair on the radio with insult to ego? (6) |
| BEBOP | BBC on the radio with musical work, a jazz form (5) |
| RADIOED | Contacted the Coast Guard, in a way |
| ONE | The number of feet Hillel's student is standing on in a depiction (A) on the [49 Blue], or the final word of Shema ("Shema Yisrael" is found on the base (B) above pioneers building the Land of Israel |
| SCREWEYE | Local prison officer is the first person on the radio with loopy type of pin (5,3) |
| CUPBOARD | Award for Pierce on the radio with Penny from The Press (8) |
| ABBA | Group whose "SOS" has probably never elicited a response from the Coast Guard, despite being heard b |
| COPPER | See you shortly on the radio with Penny? (6) |
