| HUER | According to Cornish tradition, a cliff-top lookout-man alerting fishermen and townsfolk to the arrival of approaching pilchard shoals (4) |
| CHEPSTOW | Town in Monmouthshire on the River Wye which is the site of a cliff-top Norman stronghold (8) |
| PISKIES | These creatures, according to Cornish legend, appear magically on 4th April in the skies above Predannack Head (7) |
| EMMET | Old word for an ant - tourist, according to Cornish locals (5) |
| POTATO | Informal word for a large hole in a sock or stocking; or, according to Icelandic tradition, a vegetable left by the Yule Lads in a shoe of a naughty child at Christmas (6) |
| BLYTON | Author of a set of children's books following the high jinks, trials and tribulations of Darrell Rivers and her midnight-feasting chums at a fictional castellated cliff-top Cornish boarding school cal |
| HORSA | According to tradition, a 5th Century warrior and brother of Hengist, who took part in the invasion and conquest of Britain (5) |
| PENGUIN | Welsh word internationally adopted for the black-and-white flightless seafowl known to fishermen and sailors of old as a great auk (7) |
| BINDI | In the Hindu tradition, a jewel or vermilion dot applied to the forehead (5) |
| CAFETERIA | Cliff top, with a fair easterly breeze, as a place to eat? (9) |
| FLEDGE | First flying student on the cliff top will get ready to fly (6) |
| SMOCK | Loose overgarment traditionally worn by rural workers, Welsh shepherds, Cornish fishermen and some artists (5) |
| HEALING | Umtiza Umtiza listeriana: In Xhosa tradition a piece of Umtiza stick can be used as a ___ wand. (7) |
| BACKTHECROOKS | Be a lookout man in a robbery? |
| ABET | Be the lookout man, e.g. |
| VILLAGERS | Townsfolk knocked the top off wrong beers (9) |
| MOUSEHOLE | Jerry's doorway to Cornish village (5-4) |
| COMPTROLLERS | Company member takes on fishermen and financial officers (12) |
| OYSTERCATCHERS | Funny story about English fishermen and birds (14) |
| PETER | Patron saint of fishermen and locksmiths (5) |
