| BLUEDRAGON | Common name for a colourful sea-slug which, though common in the Atlantic Ocean, was spotted for the first time in centuries in the waters around Mallorca earlier this year (4-6) |
| NORTHSEA | Which arm of the Atlantic Ocean was formerly called the German Ocean? (5,3) |
| NUDIBRANCH | Colourful sea slug |
| WHEATEAR | Small bird akin to the chat family, though common during migration in Mallorca it prefers to breed on the Balearic islands of Ibiza and Formentera (8) |
| CAP | Loco number spotted for the first time (3) |
| BEESKNEES | Joints which, though tiny, are the best |
| INDIE | Present one's spotted for musical type |
| OPAH | Large colourful sea-fish (4) |
| ATLANTIS | A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, lying west of the Strait of Gibraltar. The principal sources for the legend are two of Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias. (9) |
| DAVEGROHL | Grunge singer/drummer who was spotted yesterday in the Royal Box -- with his long hair tied back in a bun and sporting a pair of Gucci loafers (hey, they've got a dress code) |
| BECHEDEMER | Another name for the trepang or sea-slug, a food delicacy in China |
| WHALE | Sea mammal that is an occasional visitor to Mallorcan waters, a member of the finback variety, the second largest cetacean, was spotted off the island's coast earlier this year (5) |
| ORCHID | 500 Romans in the choir make for a colourful presentation (6) |
| PACIFIC | The world's largest ocean was given this name by Magellan in 1520 |
| CARIBBEANSEA | Source of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, home to the hawksbill turtle and Mesoamerican Reef (9,3) |
| AZORES | The --- are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean which are an autonomous region of Portugal (6) |
| ISPY | Children's game in which you have to guess what was spotted starting with a given letter (1,3) |
| CATCOTT | Last night, a leading celebrity was spotted wearing a casual shirt and coat, walking around my village in Somerset (7) |
| ROBINSON | His body was spotted in a frozen lake in Emmerdale by Amy Wyatt (4,8) |
| NATE | His body was spotted in a frozen lake in Emmerdale by Amy Wyatt (4,8) |
