| EURIPUS | Arm of the sea with strong currents, especially sea between Euboea and Boeotia in classical Greece (7) |
| NEREUS | In Greek mythology, a sea god who lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters |
| RAPIDS | Military operations drowning piano passage with strong current (6) |
| SPONGES | Some animals pong, especially sea creatures (7) |
| CHALCIS | Largest town on the island of Euboea, Greece, at the narrowest point of the Euripus Strait |
| AEOLIC | The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis. |
| THEBES | Chief city of Boeotia in ancient Greece, destroyed by Alexander the Great in 335 BC (6) |
| CARABAO | Found on the road and found on the sea with a duck and water buffalo (7) |
| SOUND | Find the depth of water in an arm of the sea (5) |
| MEDITERRANEAN | The sea with Europe to its north and Africa to the south |
| OLYMPIA | Mountain home of the gods of classical Greece (7) |
| DORNOCHFIRTH | Arm of the sea also called the Kyle of Sutherland (7,5) |
| AEGEANSEA | Location of the Sporades and Cyclades, Crete and Euboea (6,3) |
| MARINATE | Get soaked in the sea with total immersion for a time (8) |
| MARINADE | Get soaked in the sea with total immersion for a time (8) |
| FIRTH | Scottish term for an arm of the sea, used for only one place in New Zealand (5) |
| RIPS | Strong currents in the ocean (4) |
| TIDES | I had to get group on the way back into strong currents (5) |
| ORESTES | King of Argos ravaged stores round the capital of Euboea (7) |
| NEARS | Gets close to the sea with the Navy maybe (5) |
