| PUFFIN | Auk or "sea parrot" inhabiting places including the Farne Islands and Lundy that is one of the birds after which a crossing is named (6) |
| ALCID | An ornithological word for an auk, such as the "clown of the sea" or "sea parrot", that is known collectively as a circus, gathering, improbability or puffinry (5) |
| DARLING | Daughter of a lighthouse keeper on the Farne Islands who rescued stranded survivors of the wrecked Forfarshire (7) |
| WYE | River flowing through or past places including the "town of books" Hay, Symonds Yat and Tintern (3) |
| FASTNET | Shipping forecast area off the south coast of Ireland between Shannon and Lundy (7) |
| SPOTLESS | Immaculate places, including The Continental |
| GRIER | Fearsome Foursome teammate of Jones, Olsen and Lundy |
| SEAHOUSES | Seaside town aka 'Gateway to Farne Islands', possibly uses a shoe (9) |
| WREN | One of the boys or one of the birds? (4) |
| SLOWLANE | One of the birds in Slane is down the road on the left hand side (4,4) |
| PUFFINS | Farne Island Northumberland and Skomer off Wales are good places to see these charming birds (7) |
| SPARROW | Known collectively as a quarrel or an ubiquity, one of the birds described as an "LBJ" or "LBB" (7) |
| SILK | With a rustling sound described as "frou-frou", textile woven or made in the process of sericulture in places including Karnataka in India, Suzhou in China and Sudbury in England (4) |
| THORP | Old word for a hamlet or village that survives in the name of places including Earl Spencer's ancestral estate in Northamptonshire (5) |
| ISLE | Word for an eyot, key, inch or skerry, found in the names of places including Great Britain's Arran, Man, Mull, Sheppey, Skye and Wight (4) |
| RAVEN | One of the birds said to guard the Tower of London |
| PEARTREE | One of the birds is always there for Christmas conference with Holly (4,4) |
| APARTRIDGEINAPEARTREE | One of the birds in Twelve Days of Christmas appearing with dearer attire perhaps (1,9,2,1,4,4) |
| SOMERSET | County containing places including Glastonbury, Cheddar Gorge, Bruton, Wells and the Mendip Hills (8) |
| SUFFOLK | East Anglian county, home to places including Newmarket and the archaeological site Sutton Hoo (7) |
