| GINCLEAR | Like water of a chalk stream (3-5) |
| CLEAR | Like a chalk stream's transparent water (7,5) |
| CRYSTAL | Like a chalk stream's transparent water (7,5) |
| CLARITY | Quality of e.g. a chalk stream (7) |
| CHILTERN | - Hills; AONB with a chalk escarpment overlooking the Vale of Aylesbury and the Chequers Estate (8) |
| TEST | A chalk stream in Hampshire flowing through the Mottisfont estate, esteemed for its wildlife, trout fishing and watercress (4) |
| CERNEABBAS | Dorset location of a chalk figure cut into the hillside, possibly a 17th-century prank (5,5) |
| ABBAS | Cerne ___, Dorset location of a chalk figure of a giant naked man (5) |
| BEACH | Area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea (5) |
| EAUDEVIE | From the French meaning "water of life", a variety of colourless fruit brandy (3,2,3) |
| EAUDENIL | Pale pastel-green hue named for its supposed resemblance to the colour of the water of the river credited as the world's longest (3,2,3) |
| LAKECOMO | A body of water of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy (4,4) |
| LIVERPOOL | Dwell right over the water of a UK city (9) |
| OFFENSE | Subject of a chalk talk |
| HILL | A landform sometimes bearing a chalk figure of a giant or a white horse; or, a small heap of earth cast up by a burrowing mole (4) |
| PASTEL | Woad; a chalk-like crayon of ground pigment; a work of art made with this; a pale hue, such as baby pink/blue; or, a light poetic piece of prose (6) |
| SHED | Word meaning "discard", as in the water of a drainage basin; or, an outhouse or hut for bikes, cattle, garden tools or potting-up plants (4) |
| BLUENILE | Which river contributes about twothirds of the water of the Nile? (4,4) |
| NESSIE | Nickname of a legendary beast said to inhabit the deep waters of a lake in the Scottish Highlands (6) |
| FROME | Major chalk stream of SW England (*for me) (5) |
