| CUSSLER | Clive ?, author of the novels Flood Tide and Iceberg (7) |
| BARKER | Clive ?, author of novels Imajica, Cabal and Galilee |
| LETTUCE | Salad vegetable whose varieties in the UK include romaine and iceberg (7) |
| VEHICLE | Clive? He drove around in this (7) |
| ESTUARY | Coastal body of brackish water where saline ocean tides and fresh river/stream waters merge (7) |
| HARMED | Caused 7 when flood tide drained from the middle of the road (6) |
| JOHNRINGO | US author of novels Against the Tide and Live Free or Die (4,5) |
| SINCLAIR | Clive ?, entrepreneur and inventor associated with the Zike, C5 and A-bike (8) |
| JAMES | Crowds outside of penultimate appearance of Derek and Clive? |
| CONROY | Pat, U.S. author whose books The Prince Of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films (6) |
| SUBMARINE | Type of vessel featured in the films Crimson Tide and Das Boot |
| TIDELANDS | Fields that are submerged in sea water at a flood tide ( 9) |
| MIDDLEOFTHEROAD | Moderate flood tide harmed Mobile (6-2-3-4) |
| RISEANDFALL | Move like tides and stock prices, or what the hidden words do in the answers to the starred clues? |
| ERA | Laundry-aisle competitor of Tide and All |
| EDIT | Turn the tide and proof read (4) |
| DEADINTHEWATER | Like the Ancient Mariner's ship, tide- and weather-battered (4,2,3,5) |
| SEDITION | She begins to turn the tide and is charged with anti-government agitation |
| NICKNOLTE | Actor who starred in 1991 films The Prince of Tides and Cape Fear (4,5) |
| NOLTE | The Prince of Tides and Gangster Squad actor, Nick ___ |
