| COASTGUARD | Maritime force which aids shipping, saves lives at sea and prevents smuggling (10) |
| COASTGUARDS | Members of a maritime force which aids shipping, saves lives at sea, prevents smuggling, etc (11) |
| EXISTENCES | With English explanation of Roman numeral, church finally saves lives (10) |
| RNLI | Abbreviated name of a charity that saves lives at sea (1,1,1,1) |
| GHOSTGUARD | Spooky maritime force? |
| SLEDGED | Good deed: at first saving lives at sea, then slid on ice (7) |
| BILE | A bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid which aids digestion and secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder |
| WHISKERS | A fox has ___ on its legs which aids in navigation at night. |
| SAILORS | They spend their lives at sea. (7) |
| STOPS | And 20Dn & 3 Dn. Talks no more nonsense and prevents further damage to the building (5,3,3) |
| ROT | Talks no more nonsense and prevents further damage to the building (0) |
| THE | Talks no more nonsense and prevents further damage to the building(0) |
| STOPSTHEROT | Won't have any more nonsense and prevents things getting worse (5,3,3) |
| HINDERS | Red uses his shin and prevents our progress (7) |
| IRONDOME | Defense system that saves lives from Hamas rocket attacks (4,4) |
| TUNISIA | Swimmer saves lives on island in African country (7) |
| ANIL | One police force - which can turn hydrangea flowers blue! (4) |
| GRAVITY | A serious state ___ because of force which must be obeyed? (7) |
| QUALITYOFMERCY | Being drunk entering wharf shakes up my force, which wasn't strained in Venice |
| RAFTS | The saint returns to the Air Force in order to save lives (5) |
