| STRANDED | Description of Robinson Crusoe found on the shore by writer (8) |
| ISLAND | Withstand first of infantry soldiers to reach the shore by Alistair Maclean (4,6) |
| BEAR | Withstand first of infantry soldiers to reach the shore by Alistair Maclean (4,6) |
| APROPOS | Meet a sailor going around the shore, by the way (7) |
| ISLANDER | Inishmore Observer mentioned in the middle of Robinson Crusoe, for a time (8) |
| OHERLIHY | Dan, 1955 Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe (8) |
| DEFOE | Author of Robinson Crusoe and the 18th-century travelogue A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain (5) |
| FRIDAY | The top French secret diary of a fellow companion of Robinson Crusoe |
| SANDS | Found on the shore and on board! (5) |
| SELKIRK | Who was the supposed prototype of Robinson Crusoe, Alexander ... (7) |
| PRUSSIANS | Some old German's political leader found on the shores of the Black Sea, for example (9) |
| PEBBLES | Fred's daughter found on the shore? (7) |
| SEAWEED | Spooner says wee seed is found on the shore (7) |
| SKELETONCOAST | Shore by the Namib Desert (8,5) |
| WASHEDUP | Deposited on the shore ___ or on the rocks (6,2) |
| SEASHELL | Remark by unhappy sailor washed up on the shore? (8) |
| TIDEMARK | Would the season indicate a line on the shore? (8) |
| MURAKAMI | Haruki, Japanese writer noted for Kafka on the Shore (8) |
| STRANGER | ___ on the Shore, instrumental tune by British jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk released in 1961 (8) |
| ULLAPOOL | Northern Highland town on the shore of Loch Broom (8) |