| PEIG | Famous account of life on the Blasket Islands. (4) |
| ACCLAIMED | Famous account gets mailed off (9) |
| RETURN | Pub at the centre of life on the cobbles (6) |
| ROVERS | Pub at the centre of life on the cobbles (6) |
| OFTOM | Mark Twain's tale of life on the Mississippi, The Adventures ... Sawyer (2,3) |
| SIT | Settle down and retire in The Blasket Islands? (3) |
| ARNO | Animated account of life around river (4) |
| BRIO | Spirit revealed primarily in personal account of life (4) |
| LOCH | First signs of life on contaminated highland watercourse (4) |
| SIMM | John ___, star of Life On Mars and I, Jack Wright (4) |
| OBIT | Account of life after death? |
| BOAT | A clipper, dinghy, ship or yacht for life on the brine whose shape is reflected in the form of an argyle, gravy jug, navette or wide bateau neckline (4) |
| ISLE | Constituent of Britain, say, lives life on the edge (4) |
| DATE | Stamp a shelf life on the fruit? (4) |
| FIRE | Fiona ?Tosh" Mackintosh puts her life on the line fighting this in EastEnders (4) |
| SEDA | "Homicide: Life on the Street" star Jon |
| LIBRETTO | Making a comeback, hairy swimmer heads for Blasket Islands lagoon for musical script for Riders to the Sea, for example (8) |
| JOHNSIMM | Star of Life On Mars and The Village (4,4) |
| HYLEG | Astrological term, from "nativity", for the ruling planet at the hour of birth and "giver of life" on a birth chart (5) |
| SAINTSIMON | French diplomat and chronicler whose monumental Memoires provide a candid account of life at the Versailles court of Louis XIV (5-5) |