| PILCHER | Author of The Shell Seekers (7) |
| NACARAT | Word, thought to be referring to a colour of the shell of a mollusc that yields mother-of-pearl, for a shade of orangey-red or "sunset"; or, a fabric/linen dyed in such a hue (7) |
| ISAAC | Port -; Cornish fishing village where parts of the television adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's novel The Shell Seekers was filmed (5) |
| HODGE | A rustic or countryman; an actress in Rumpole of the Bailey and a television adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers; or, Samuel Johnson's most famous cat (5) |
| VALVE | Either of the two hinged parts of the shell of a mollusc such as an oyster, mussel etc. (5) |
| PEARL | A lustrous structure occurring on the inner surface of the shell of a clam or oyster (5) |
| PLASTRON | Bony plate forming the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle (8) |
| MOTHEROFPEARL | Hard iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of the shell of an oyster (6-2-5) |
| CONGAMELINE | "It's easy, pal, just keep track of the shell with the pea," perhaps? |
| PAUA | Travel bureau appears to herald the return of the shell (4) |
| SLUG | Member of the shell-less gastropod superfamily Soleolifera (4) |
| KERNELS | What are the softer, edible parts contained in the shells of nuts (7) |
| OYSTERS | Both Roy and Tess prefer them in the shell (7) |
| POWERED | Were put in the shell with mechanical force (7) |
| CONCH | Name for medium-to-large sea-snails and their shells, so many of the shells have been taken as souvenirs from Spanish beaches that they are now considered an endangered species and are protected by la |
| APR | Mo. of the Shell Houston Open |
| HULLED | Out of the shell |
| OYSTER | Shellfish slurped out of the shell |
| SPOTTERS | Ferroequinologists, shell seekers, skywatchers, spies, talent scouts, twitchers or others distinguished by detecting, noticing or observing (8) |
| BEACHCOMBER | Shell seeker |
