| CUTOFF | Like the Far South West's rail services when the Dawlish Sea Wall was breached in 2014 (3,3) |
| ORANGE | NR crew that worked round-the-clock to rebuild Dawlish Sea Wall in 2014 (6,4) |
| FLOWED | Moved through the water after a wall was breached (6) |
| ARMY | NR crew that worked round-the-clock to rebuild Dawlish Sea Wall in 2014 (6,4) |
| RHINO | Animal's South West rail trip takes in station stops at Redruth, Hayle, Ivybridge, Newcourt and Okehampton initially (5) |
| SWANSEA | South West's answer to East Anglia's capital city |
| LEVEE | Raised river bank - many were breached in the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe in New Orleans |
| PYRRHICVICTORY | Top wise man's present in photo: Ivory Coast's borders breached in dubious triumph (7,7) |
| DEBRIS | Rubbish that can disrupt train services when strewn across the line (6) |
| AWASH | A harbour was breached and flooded (5) |
| TURNIP | Root offered money for services when procuring Ashes? (6) |
| POLAR | Like the far north or south |
| RECUSANCY | Refusal to attend Church of England services when it was required by law |
| DEEP | Like the far end of a swimming pool, usually |
| DEEPEST | Like the far end of a pool |
| WAIWAI | Tribe of Amerindians living in the far south (3,3) |
| ARENAS | City in the far south of Chile, Punta ... |
| CHOPPY | Like the seas you often see from the train at Dawlish (6) |
| SEAICE | Frozen seawater within the Arctic Ocean and its adjacent seas as far south as China and Japan and the seas surrounding Antarctica. (3,3) |
| IMOGEN | Storm that disrupted rail services in February 2016 (6) |
