| THORNBACK | Fish from the North to put one's money on (9) |
| BUCK | Put one's money on (4) |
| BETA | Put one's money on a Greek character (4) |
| MERIDIAN | Imaginary line from the North to the South Pole |
| OOZE | Ozone from the North to diffuse and seep out (4) |
| BASSETS | Puts one's money on "Dopey", going through the dogs (7) |
| BACKS | Puts one's money on the defenders (5) |
| SARAGOSSA | Spanish city likes importing dead fish from the East (9) |
| MILKSHAKE | Extracts fish from the drink |
| FREELANCE | Independent fish from the poisonnier? |
| HEJAZ | Region of western Saudi Arabia, along the mountainous Red Sea coast of the Arabian Peninsula from Jordan on the north to Asir region on the south. Among the cities located there are Mecca, Medina, and |
| OUTOFSTEP | Failing to put one's foot down in time? (3,2,4) |
| SPEEDWELL | A bloomer to put one's foot down a sunken shaft |
| BLANCA | Resort region on the Mediterranean coast of SE Spain extending from the town of Denia in the north to Pilar de la Horadada in the south (5,6) |
| PACIFIC | Largest body of salt water on Earth, extending from the Arctic in the north to the borders of the Southern Ocean. (7) |
| SIERRA | Main mountain system of Mexico, extending from the US border in the north to the Guatemalan border in the south (6,5) |
| MADRE | Main mountain system of Mexico, extending from the US border in the north to the Guatemalan border in the south (6,5) |
| EASTERNSEABOARD | Region of the U.S. that extends from Maine in the north to Florida in the south (7,8) |
| COSTA | Name for the 200km Mediterranean coastline of Spain's Alicante province from Denia in the north to Pilar de la Horadada in the south (5,6) |
| WALLET | Everything in the rain one can put one's money in (6) |