| SHUTE | Nevil ?, author of novels On the Beach and Beyond the Black Stump (5) |
| MEYER | Russ, director of the films Vixen! and Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (5) |
| CHRIS | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| STUMP | Very distant, beyond the Black ... (5) |
| ABOVE | Go ___ and beyond the call of duty |
| DARIN | Singer of "Splish Splash" and "Beyond the Sea" |
| EXCEL | Go above and beyond the spreadsheet (5) |
| BACKWOODS | Support clubs beyond the black stump (9) |
| NEVILSHUTE | Author of the novel, 'On the Beach' (5,5) |
| SAGACITY | Wisdom of a series of novels on London, for example (8) |
| REA | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| FAULKS | Sebastian, author of the novels On Green Dolphin Street and Human Traces (6) |
| BATHERS | People on the beach and the pubs all round (7) |
| SAND | It is found on the beach and under a bit of soil (4) |
| SCHILLER | Dramatist putting latest of novels on ice, perhaps? (8) |
| FIELDING | He wrote novels on the cricket pitch perhaps (8) |
| QUIETQUITTING | Refusing to go above and beyond the demands of one's job, in a late-capitalism coinage |
| ELEPHANTTEAL | Rare duck that's huge, flops around on the beach and snorts with his snout-like beak? |
| LAMB | Jackson, protagonist of TV spy series Slow Horses and the Mick Herron novels on which it is based (4) |
| ROBERTLOUIS | and 55dn He wrote fantastic novels on US resort, I bet! (6,5) |
