| CSL | Bait additive (abbrev) - found in Eric's Lake! (3) |
| GLM | Marine mussels' extract, bait additive (abbrev.) (3) |
| PIERCING | Harsh GP in Eric's novel (8) |
| EROTIC | It's stimulating to be back in Eric's embrace (6) |
| MERETRICIOUS | In Eric's time our doctor insincere (12) |
| OIL | E.g. Omega 3 bait additive from cod's liver (3) |
| TALIN | Supersweet bait additive - partly bait a line (5) |
| CSLPOWDER | Yellow, spray-dried variant of a corn-based bait additive (*crews plod) (3,6) |
| ANDREPREVIN | Conductor who appeared in Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's Christmas TV special in 1971 (5,6) |
| CORIANDER | Spicy herb / bait additive turns *roe rancid! (9) |
| CINNAMON | Spice, bait additive (*non manic) (8) |
| MOLEHILL | A burrower's soil mound, a good bait additive? (8) |
| VINEGAR | Condiment put on chips and used as bait additive for carp (7) |
| ALMONDS | *Man sold mixed... nuts used as bait additive (7) |
| BRASEM | Bait additive with caramel aroma, loved by bream (6) |
| SOYA | Bean used to make soy sauce - good bait additive (4) |
| VERY | Word before "Hungry," "Busy," or "Quiet" in Eric Carle book titles |
| RICHEST | Hiding in Eric. He's the most affluent (7) |
| JJCALE | Singer/songwriter whose After Midnight was made famous in Eric Clapton's recording (1,1,4) |
| LATOUR | Frances de - -; actress who played Miss Jones in Eric Chappell's Rising Damp (2,4) |
