| SULLOMVOE | Inlet in the north of Mainland, Shetland Islands housing a petroleum terminal (6,3) |
| CAITHNESS | Historic county in the far north of mainland Scotland (9) |
| FITFULHEAD | 928-feet tall cliff at the southwest corner of mainland Shetland (6,4) |
| CRUCIFORM | Like a cross country runner's home on Channel Islands housing police once |
| DRYCLEANS | Does the washing with a petroleum-based solvent, rather than soap (3-6) |
| UPHELLYAA | Winter fire festival held in the Shetland Islands (2,5,2) |
| STRIKEOIL | Find a petroleum deposit |
| GALWAYBAY | Inlet in Atlantic Ocean on west coast of Ireland (6,3) |
| HANDSTAND | Exercise routine in Shetland Islands almost completely performed without trellises, essentially (9) |
| MANLINESS | Machismo shown by island's housing policies |
| BANTRYBAY | Coastal inlet in County Cork, Eire, which includes Whiddy Island |
| NITHSDALE | Item of old riding wear Shetland Island reproduced (9) |
| SUNSTROKE | Complaint unlikely in small Shetland island, or round Skye regularly? |
| ALCOVE | Went to a large inlet in the sea in the recess (6) |
| FRISCOBAY | Inlet in an Otis Redding hit song |
| ESSENTIAL | Crucial sea inlets in devastation (9) |
| MUCKLEROE | Great big eggs from Shetland island (6,3) |
| PAPASTOUR | Shetland Island whose main settlement is Biggings |
| STRANGFORDLOUGH | The largest inlet in the British Isles (10,5) |
| GUADALCANAL | Island and province of the Solomon Islands housing Honiara, the national capital |
