| EYEMOUTH | Borders town and fishing port (8) |
| PEEBLES | Borders town and former railway linking it to Edinburgh (7) |
| COXSBAZAR | Town and fishing port in Bangladesh, site of the world's longest uninterrupted natural beach (4,5) |
| WHITBY | Seaside town and fishing port (pop about 13,000, in north-east England (6) |
| LOOE | Small coastal town and fishing port in south-east Cornwall (4) |
| LEAVETHEM | Exit the N.Y. border town and don't meddle! (5,4,5) (see 24D) |
| ALONE | Exit the N.Y. border town and don't meddle! (5,4,5) (aee 6D) |
| PENZANCE | Resort and fishing port in southwest Cornwall (8) |
| ULLAPOOL | Village and fishing port in Highland, Scotland on Loch Broom (8) |
| COTTAGES | Often thatched, cob, Cotswold stone or hamstone, dwellings traditional to rural areas, coastal towns and fishing villages, or tied to country estates for employees (8) |
| BOULOGNE | Ferry port and fishing town in northern France (8) |
| SARASOTA | Yachting and fishing resort in western central Florida (8) |
| JEDBURGH | Borders town with ruined abbey (8) |
| DRIFTNET | Doctor's providing fancy tent and fishing equipment |
| LERWICK | Island town (pop about 7,500), a major ferry and fishing port (7) |
| PAR | Village and fishing port about 3.5 miles east of St Austell on the south coast of Cornwall |
| ODESSA | What is the chief trading and fishing port of Ukraine? (6) |
| BANFF | Resort and fishing port at the mouth of the River Deveron in northeast Scotland (5) |
| PEEL | Resort and fishing port on the west of the Isle of Man (4) |
| CARLISLE | Thread under machine exhausted in border town (8) |
