| LOON | Bird known in the U.K. as a diver |
| EUR | Union that no longer has U.K. as a member for short |
| VITAMIN | A, B, C, D, E, or K, as a tablet |
| AUTUMN | Season of the year known in the U.S. as the fall (6) |
| BONNET | Part of a car known in the U.S. as the hood (6) |
| BLACKPUDDING | A meat product known in the U.S. as a blood sausage (5,7) |
| CATAPULT | Weapon known in the U.S. as a slingshot (8) |
| YAZOO | "Only You" new wave duo, as known in the U.K. |
| PIKED | Positioned the body into a V shape, as a diver |
| GUILLEMOT | Bird round island in my view recalled as a diver (9) |
| SURFACES | Comes to the top, as a diver |
| NMI | J.F.K. as J.K or F.D.R as F.R. instead [acronym] |
| BELLY | Sort of laugh when you flop as a diver? |
| SEAHUNT | TV series with Lloyd Bridges as a diver |
| OCTOPUS | Possibly scout around for work, such as a diver might find (7) |
| SPLASHOUT | Be extravagant as a diver? |
| GOLDFINCH | Depicted in a painting by Carel Fabritius that inspired a novel by Donna Tartt, a colourful garden bird known collectively as a charm (9) |
| BRAMBLING | With a name similar to that of the blackberry bush or a variety of cooking apple, a chaffinch-like bird, known regionally as cock o' the north, furze chirper and tartan back (9) |
| SWALLOW | An abyss; a throat; or, a migratory fork-tailed bird known collectively as a flight, a flock or a gulp (7) |
| KARAT | k, as in Krugerrands |
