| ISLEOFMAN | Lions' fame spread somewhere in the Irish Sea (4,2,3) |
| UPPSALA | A slap-up spread somewhere in Scandinavia |
| COLWYNBAY | Seaside resort, on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea, that hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1910, 1947 and 1995 |
| BLACKPOOL | A resort, from the Irish of old Dublin, to England on the Irish Sea coast? (9) |
| LIVERPOOL | Port city in northwest England where the River Mersey meets the Irish Sea (9) |
| SHIPCANAL | Manchester ___, inland waterway in the northwest of England, linking Manchester to the Irish Sea (4,5) |
| CRUISKEEN | As Myles na Gopaleen, Flann O'Brien wrote the ____ Lawn column in the Irish Times, 1940-66 |
| OFMAN | Self-governing island in the Irish Sea at the geographical heart of the British Isles, the Isle ... |
| SOUTHPORT | Large seaside town in Merseyside on the Irish Sea coast |
| WESTMEATH | County in the Irish province of Leinster (9) |
| SODOR | Fictional island in the Irish Sea; setting for The Railway Series books by the Rev W Awdry |
| EUROPEANS | Perhaps the Irish Sea, pure with no variation |
| ANGLESEY | What is the largest island in the Irish Sea? (8) |
| SNAEFELL | Highest mountain on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea (8) |
| CALF | The ____ of Man is a bird sanctuary in the Irish Sea |
| ISLE | Self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, The _ of Man (4) |
| MAN | The Isle of --- is in the Irish Sea (3) |
| MANXCAT | Tailless feline from the self-governing island in the Irish Sea (4,3) |
| MANX | From an isle in the Irish Sea (4) |
| LIFFEY | GWR Ariadne class locomotive terminates in the Irish Sea (6) |
