| RDS | Abbey, Great Ocean & Silk, e.g. |
| FABRIC | Silk, eg (6) |
| CHIFFON | Transparent fabric made from nylon or silk, eg (7) |
| TIDAL | Type of great ocean wave (5) |
| SWELL | Great ocean motion (5) |
| SOBERINGSEA | Great ocean that must be taken very seriously? |
| APOSTLES | Limestone stacks by The Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia (8) |
| LORNE | Great Ocean Road hotspot (5) |
| APOLLO | Stop on the Great Ocean Road, - Bay (6) |
| ALGA | Water silk, e.g. |
| POLYMER | Cellulose, nylon or silk, e.g. (7) |
| GOSSAMER | Very fine fly-tying silk (*e.g. morass) (8) |
| BROCADE | Shuttle-woven silk e.g. |
| TWELVE | The --- Apostles, limestone formations off the Great Ocean Road in box D (6) |
| PITHIE | Laurence ...., cyclist; 2024 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race winner (6) |
| BILLOW | Old Norse great ocean wave, today's undulating surging mass of clouds, fabric, sailcloth, smoke, sound or steam; or, poetically, the sea (6) |
| APOLLOBAY | In which Victorian coastal town does the annual Great Ocean Road marathon end? (6,3) |
| MOIRES | Designs pressed into silks, e.g. |
| HYDROSPACE | Conceal line that's caught species on great oceans etc (10) |
| SEAICE | Frozen seawater within the Arctic Ocean and its adjacent seas as far south as China and Japan and the seas surrounding Antarctica. (3,3) |
