| PLAINLANGUAGE | Clear form of communication from German, maybe, behind area of flat land (5,8) |
| KANJI | Jack in trouble, ignoring Charlie's symbolic form of communication from the east (5) |
| COBALT | Person from Riga maybe behind firm producing metal (6) |
| CARDINALATE | Joker maybe behind screens in a Catholic's office |
| TONGUEINCHEEK | German, maybe, favoured sauce in an ironic fashion (6,2,5) |
| STRANDVELD | Area of flat land on South Africa's southern coast |
| PLATEAU | Area of flat land turned more expensive after investment by former Australian |
| PLAIN | Large area of flat land |
| PLAINS | Maps covering island's large areas of flat land (6) |
| EXPLAINS | Clarifies former areas of flat land (8) |
| PLATEAUDUJOUR | Raised, flat land that you are visiting today? |
| ENCODED | Set of rules in the finish was put into a less clear form |
| SEMAPHORE | System of communication from coast fixing east on chart |
| RETICENCE | Lack of communication from centre about water being frozen (9) |
| RADIOSILENCE | Surprising lack of communication from Icelander, so I gathered (5,7) |
| VELDT | High area of flat grassy land with very few trees in southern Africa (5) |
| ANOA | Someone with an arc heard behind area for water buffalo (4) |
| OTTO | German maybe over the limit taking the wheel? (4) |
| NIAGARA | Go on about one artist, behind area, before falls (7) |
| AGARAGAR | Jelly fish found behind area on a torn-up, low-quality paper (4-4) |