| THENEEDLES | Group of chalk stacks in the sea off the western tip of the Isle of Wight (3,7) |
| NEEDLES | The _: three chalk stacks that rise out of the sea off the Isle of Wight (7) |
| ABERDARON | Village on the western tip of the Llyn peninsula, the last stopping place for pilgrims to Ynys Enlli (9) |
| AYRE | Point of ----, the northernmost tip of the Isle of Man (4) |
| MASTERED | In the sea off Nice, a flower got the better of one (8) |
| EMEND | Correct orientation ultimately needed in the sea off Lebanon |
| MISER | One's in the sea off Calais - man, that's close |
| WELLINGTON | The capital city of New Zealand, at the south-western tip of North Island (10) |
| HELIGOLAND | Small island in the North Sea, off the coast of Germany (10) |
| LACORBIERE | The south-western tip of Jersey (2,8) |
| HMSIVANHOE | Royal Navy I-class destroyer that sank in the North Sea off the Frisian Islands on 1 September 1940 |
| CHRISTMASISLAND | A dependency of Australia in the Indian Ocean, south of the western tip of Java |
| FASTBOWLER | Someone offering quick deliveries of fresh flowers at around Bengaluru's western tip (4,6) |
| TOLEDO | City in Ohio on the western tip of Lake Erie dubbed The Glass City (6) |
| TRICKSTERS | Cheats hide stacks in dry debris now and then (10) |
| ELPASO | City on the western tip of Texas |
| PHUKET | Largest island of Thailand, in the Andaman Sea off the west coast of the Malay Peninsula (6) |
| OLDHARRY | - - Rocks; 65 million-year-old chalk sea stacks in Dorset marking the most easterly point of the Jurassic Coast (3,5) |
| WRANGEL | ___ Island, area of land between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea off the NE coast of Russia (7 |
| ITHACA | Which island off the western coast of Greece is the legendary home of Odysseus? (6) |