| SCORCHING | Burning (on the surface) |
| GALLUP | George Horace gave his surname to a type of public opinion survey now usually conducted by phone when you have something boiling over or burning on the stove; the ... poll |
| ASHORE | Face left sore after result of burning on the beach (6) |
| DIVEBOMB | Flying in the face of danger, swoop down on type of pike first of all, burning on my barbecue (4-4) |
| SUTTEE | What is the Hindu custom of a widow burning on her husband's funeral pyre? (6) |
| ALIGHT | Burning, on fire (6) |
| WICK | It might be burning on northeast coast (4) |
| PHOTON | A little light power burning on (6) |
| PYRENEES | Mountains viewed from below, pile for burning on top |
| MEDLEYRELAY | In which, on the surface, one starts on the back and another ends on the front |
| TASTEBUD | A bulbous nerve ending on the surface of the tongue or in the mouth (5,3) |
| PUDDLE | Circular disturbance on the surface of water made by the blade of a rower's oar at each stroke; or, a curtain's surplus fabric spilling onto the floor (6) |
| MARIA | The large, level basalt plains on the surface of the moon (5) |
| DEADSEA | Lowest body of water on the surface of the Earth, in SW Asia bordered by Israel, Jordan and the West Bank (4,3) |
| SKIM | Travel on the surface of the water (4) |
| SKINDEEP | Fell in the outfield, on the surface |
| SULCUS | Groove on the surface of the brain |
| AFLOAT | On the surface, article is on St Patrick's Day parade exhibit (6) |
| BASKINGSHARK | Large fish that often floats on the surface of the sea (7,5) |
| OUTCROP | Poor cut produced on the surface for The Rock (7) |
