| BLUEFLAG | Award for seaside resort that's sad and weary (4,4) |
| BLUE | Squander money in way that's sad and obscene (4) |
| SKEGNESS | Ski mostly, say, then head for seaside resort |
| BENIDORM | Flying birdmen describing love for seaside resort |
| WAYFARER | Far and weary migration for bird of passage |
| SUNPEAKS | Canadian Rockies resort that's great for snowboarding |
| CORNICHE | Wow! Perfect place for seaside drive |
| CLAMBAKE | Pastry, sandwiches, meat for seaside picnic (8) |
| THERAVEN | 1845 poem by Edgar Allan Poe which begins: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" (3,5) |
| MORECAMBE | Others arrived, carrying buckets, heading only for seaside resort |
| FESSO | Weak and weary, dat., abl., sing. m. and n. |
| SEAWORTHY | Shot and weary, somehow fit for service (9) |
| NEWYEAR | Time for resolution of lonely heart and weary ways (3,4) |
| ADAPTS | That's sad for Pat but it makes it suitable for her (6) |
| RIGHTON | Heading off for resort that's trendy |
| LLANDUDNO | Welsh resort that's dull and no fun (9) |
| CLIFF | Boost mostly in Cuba and France for seaside feature? (5) |
| QUAINT | "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a ____ and curious volume" (Edgar Allan Poe) |
| POE | "While I pondered, weak and weary" penner |
| FATIGUE | Overweight guide lost, out of depth and weary (7) |
