| ACHILLES | Classical hero to relax in sea to the west |
| AEGEAN | The sea to the west of the Dardanelles |
| SPEEDTRAP | Regions across sea to the west, a hazard for travellers in haste? |
| BALTIC | Sea to the west of Estonia |
| MEDUSA | Fabled figure from sea to the west of America (6) |
| YUCATAN | A northeastern projection of Central America, lying between the Gulf of Mexico to the west and north and the Caribbean Sea to the east. (7) |
| EASTIVANHOE | ?Down in Melbourne, 3079 in sea to have frolic (4,7) |
| SIENA | Sailing in sea to a small, walled city in Tuscany (5) |
| BRIGANTINE | Giant struggling in sea to get to ship (10) |
| RINSE | Use some of the water in sea - to do this? (5) |
| ANCHOR | A popular stop-off point on the Trans-Pennine Trail, Altrincham's Rope and ___ is perfectly placed on the walking and cycling route that links the North Sea to the Irish Sea (6) |
| KIEL | German canal connecting the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. Also the name of a city which witnessed a German sailors' mutiny in World War I. |
| IONIANSEA | Bay of the Mediterranean Sea, connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north (6,3) |
| GREATWALL | Defensive structure constructed in the 3c B.C. stretching from the Yellow Sea to the central Asian d |
| ISTHMUS | The Suez Canal cuts through this kind of narrow neck of land to join the Red Sea to the Mediterranea |
| OFCHINA | Defensive structure constructed in the 3c B.C. stretching from the Yellow Sea to the central Asian desert (5,4,2,5) |
| CORINTH | Greek canal which connects the Ionian Sea to the Aegean Sea. Also the name of an ancient Greek city-state. |
| THESEUS | The varied uses for a classical hero (7) |
| AJAX | Sailors said to follow a classical hero |
| HERACLES | Another name for the Greek classical hero Hercules |
