| HYDROFOIL | Boat with a hull that lifts from the water at speed (9) |
| EYEOPENER | The old, old writer drawn in by English queen that lifts the lid |
| UPHELLYAA | What involves destruction of a hull - yep! - a Shetland festival |
| NITPICKER | Particular person, one that lifts depression, according to Spooner (9) |
| TECTONICS | Detective has some things that lift the spirits in structural features (9) |
| SEABREEZE | See zebra running with energy -- it comes over land from the water (3,6) |
| APPLEJACK | Tempting item, one that lifts the spirit |
| MARACAIBO | Thousands of oil derricks protrude from the water of which huge sea-connected lake in Venezuela? (9) |
| DRIPDRIED | R.I.P. Dr inside succumbed - was taken from the water and hung! (4-5) |
| ENDOSTEAL | Wind up with nothing to lift from inside bone (9) |
| JACKINGUP | Giving a lift from college with family in car heading towards London (7,2) |
| OURFATHER | Prayer given a lift from Rome (3,6) |
| HYDROPLANE | Boat that lifts out of the water at high speeds (10) |
| RAISEHELL | Lift from terrible place and cause trouble (5,4) |
| SKIPJACK | Miss one of those who'll give you a lift from the garage or from the fish restaurant (8) |
| HEBRIDEAN | Fellow outlaw accepting lift from Scottish location |
| EXHUME | Give someone a lift from the cemetery (6) |
| FOILS | Structures fitted to boat's hull to lift it clear of water at speed (5) |
| RIVERYEO | At the start of October, the very first experience I had on a raft left me shaken -- I fell into the water at Sherborne (5,3) |
| HYDROFOILS | Devices on boats that lift them out of the water at high speeds (10) |