| SALERNO | City on the Amalfi coast that effectively became Italy's capital for a short time in 1944 |
| BOSWORTHFIELD | Battle of 1485 that effectively marked the end of the Wars of the Roses (8,5) |
| CHIEF | Living in St Marychurch, I effectively became the leader of the people there (5) |
| DDAY | How Doris signed on a significant time in 1944 (1-3) |
| LEMONS | With aromatic peel used to make twists or spirals for garnishing drinks, citrus fruits such as the Sfusato variety growing on the Amalfi Coast (6) |
| BLANCHES | Looks fearful as Special Branch leaves lawless island on the Amalfi coast |
| SERA | Evening on the Amalfi coast? (4) |
| ITALY | Country with a tricolour flag; site of the Amalfi Coast, Positano, the Dolomites and pizza capital Naples (5) |
| SORRENTO | Town overlooking the Bay of Naples which forms the western gateway to the Amalfi Coast (8) |
| SANTANDER | City on Spain's north coast that is the capital of the Cantabria region (9) |
| NOME | City on the southern Seward Peninsula coast that was once the most populous in Alaska |
| GASLIGHT | 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton (who spent his final years on the North Norfolk coast) that was turned into the Broadway play Angel Street and a 1944 film starring Ingrid Bergman (3,5) |
| REGIS | Lyme -; town on the Jurassic Coast that features in John Fowles' novel The French Lieutenant's Woman (5) |
| KEYLARGO | Island off the Florida coast that is home to the first marine park in the U.S. (3,5) |
| BARI | Italian port on the Adriatic coast that is the capital of Apulia |
| IFNI | Sidi -; enclave on Morocco's southern desert coast that was relinquished by the Spanish in 1969 (4) |
| CATANIA | Italian city on Sicily's east coast that stands at the foot of Mount Etna (7) |
| ILFRACOMBE | Resort on the north Devon coast that contains Verity, a statue by Damien Hirst (10) |
| RIMINI | City on Italy's Adriatic coast that includes the Tiberius Bridge (6) |
| DIEPPE | Port on the Normandy coast that runs a ferry service with Newhaven (6) |
