| WONDERFUL | Extraordinary starter of whelks and poached flounder |
| WIDEN | Starters of whelks in diner excellent, nice spread (5) |
| HERMITCRAB | Decapod crustacean of the genus Pagurus that inhabits the empty shells of whelks and similar molluscs |
| EGGSBENEDICT | Dish of ham and poached egg on toast, covered with hollandaise sauce (4,8) |
| EGGS | They serve them scrambled and poached at Roy's Rolls (4) |
| HERMIT | And 2 Small soft-bodied crustacean that lives in and carries about the empty shells of whelks (6,4) |
| HERMITC | Small soft-bodied crustacean that lives in and carries about the empty shells of whelks |
| CRAB | Small soft-bodied crustacean that lives in and carries about the empty shells of whelks (6,4) |
| ELKS | Large deer consume a lot of whelks |
| SNAILS | Whelk and periwinkle |
| HERMITCRABS | Small, soft-bodied crustaceans, living in the empty shells of whelks or other hollow objects (6,5) |
| ELK | Large deer might be part of whelk family? (3) |
| GASTROPOD | To what class of mollusc do slugs, snails, cowries and whelks belong? (9) |
| SEASNAILS | Neritids and whelks |
| SCHWENKFELDIAN | Member of a sect financed with whelks, bizarrely? |
| COCKLES | Molluscs sold pickled as seaside snacks with winkles and whelks (7) |
| SHELLFISH | Woman will shortly root about for whelks, say (9) |
| SHELL | Collected from seashores in a popular hobby and studied in conchology, the carapace of a cockle, periwinkle, whelk or other mollusc (5) |
| UNIVALVE | After college, Victor cooked veal and whelk for one (8) |
| SEAFOOD | The oaf does get upset with winkle and whelk (7) |
