| SUDDENLY | Misshapen empty shell (undyed) is out of the blue (8) |
| SIDEWAYS | Fish-wife always fills empty shells as crabs go (8) |
| TIRESOME | Meteor is out of the ordinary in a boring way (8) |
| CARNIVAL | To Ivan's distress, Carl is out of the festival (8) |
| UNCOMMON | A French public space is out of the ordinary (8) |
| HERMITCRAB | Decapod crustacean of the genus Pagurus that inhabits the empty shells of whelks and similar molluscs |
| GREYMULLET | Undyed 80s hairdo looks like something pulled out of the sea |
| HERMIT | --- crab, a nocturnal, softbodied crustacean, living in the empty shell of a sea snail or similar molluscs (6) |
| EJECTOR | Mechanism for getting rid of empty shell cases after firing (7) |
| BEIGE | A fabric of undyed or unbleached wool; or, the neutral buff-, camel-, ecru-, fawn-, mushroom-, oatmeal- or oyster-like colour of said natural cloth (5) |
| GREIGE | Raw silk; or, the ecru colour of said unbleached/undyed cloth (6) |
| SLIGO | Empty shell I leave in port |
| TAIL | Use oil, batter and empty shell to cook crustacean meat (7,4) |
| LOBSTER | Use oil, batter and empty shell to cook crustacean meat (7,4) |
| HERMITCRABS | Small, soft-bodied crustaceans, living in the empty shells of whelks or other hollow objects (6,5) |
| HERMITC | Small soft-bodied crustacean that lives in and carries about the empty shells of whelks |
| CRAB | Small soft-bodied crustacean that lives in and carries about the empty shells of whelks (6,4) |
| POSSE | Criminal hunters have to get rid of empty shells |
| FLYINGFISH | Presumably the catch of the day on Aer Lingus is out of the Liffey? (6,4) |
| DRAB | Dull, light-brown colour, named after a fabric of undyed, homespun wool (4) |
