| BEACHBABY | One 'there on the sand,' in a 1974 hit by The First Class |
| TIGERFEET | A 1974 hit by the glam rock band Mud (5,4) |
| ASHORE | Come to the sand in a splash or even on a wave (6) |
| SEE | "When Will I ___ You Again" (1974 hit by The Three Degrees) |
| DUNEDIN | Place to make a noise on the sand in New Zealand (7) |
| PALMBEACH | Tree found on the sand in Florida (4,5) |
| DANS | Written on the sand in French! (4) |
| FORRESTSELBOW | Downhill left-hander at Bathurst's Mount Panorama, named after a rider who ground down a body part there on the first day of practice at the venue. (8,5) |
| OSTRICH | In many years of ornithological research, this African flightless bird has never been observed to bury its head in the sand in an attempt to avoid facing a potential problem |
| DUNE | Hill of sand in a desert or by the sea (4) |
| XXX | "La-La" lead-in in a 1974 Al Green hit |
| SHA | "La-La" lead-in in a 1974 Al Green hit |
| OASIS | Midnight At The ---, a 1974 hit for Maria Muldaur (5) |
| AIDA | The first class attorney was in the opera (4) |
| SIT | What the pup will learn to do in the first class |
| LUCILLEBALL | Sitcom pioneer in the first class of inductees to the Television Academy Hall of Fame |
| RECEPTION | The first class in a British infant school (9) |
| SONVALLS | Village in the municipality of felanitx, Mallorca which contains the Iglesia de Cristo Rey whose day is celebrated there on the Sunday before Advent each year (3,5) |
| NINE | How many points are there on the smallest star on the Australian flag (4) |
| AHABTHEARAB | *"Sheik of ... burning sand" in a Ray Stevens hit |
