| FORESTS | Ecosystems dominated by trees; medieval royal preserves for hunting; or, underwater masses of kelp (7) |
| FOREST | Area of bushland dominated by trees (6) |
| LEDGE | Projecting ridge (on a mountain or underwater) (5) |
| SPORT | Ice hockey, field hockey, or underwater hockey, e.g. |
| DEER | A wild animal or "beast of chase" forming the "venison" of a medieval royal hunting ground's "vert" (4) |
| SAFARI | An expedition especially for hunting or animal-watching in Africa (6) |
| GHILLIES | Attendants for hunting or fishing (8) |
| YORK | England's medieval royal house |
| PRESERVE | From "to keep", a word for a chase where game is kept for private hunting or shooting; or, chutney, jam, marmalade or other such food, bottled or pickled for keeping (8) |
| KESTREL | Small bird of prey known for hovering while hunting, or amateur sleuth in the novels of Kate Ross |
| RELAYS | Contests between teams; fresh sets of hounds or horses to relieve others in hunting or on journeys; or, electrically-operated switches (6) |
| KOMBU | Dark-brown species of kelp used in cookery for its umami flavour (5) |
| EPISTLES | What St Paul wrote of kelp oddly dismissed at first by the French (8) |
| OARWEED | Type of kelp named from the shape of its fronds |
| PICK | A tool such as an awl for chipping ice, a hoof cleaner, a hammer for fossil hunting or a plectrum (4) |
| CHASE | A pursuit; a hunting; or, any quarry that is coursed, hounded or trailed (5) |
| SNORKEL | Diving apparatus soon empty round river with a lot of kelp |
| EPICURES | Record one preserves for those with refined tastes |
| BLUEBOTTLES | Fruity preserves for coppers (11) |
| SYN | Preserves, for keeps: Abbr. |
