| BATHERS | People on the beach and the pubs all round |
| REA | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| CHRIS | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| DICAPRIO | Leonardo -; actor in films including Romeo + Juliet, Titanic, The Beach and The Revenant (8) |
| MERRYGOROUNDS | They are found at the fair - and the pub? (5-2-6) |
| TAVERN | We rave about the Territory and the pub there |
| BOTTOMSUP | Saying raised in pubs all over the place! (7,2) |
| ABRUPTLY | Alistair may try to open pub all of a sudden (8) |
| PULLTAB | Pub all in a storm over initial trouble about way to open can (4-3) |
| SHUTE | Nevil ___, author of the novels On the Beach and Beyond the Black Stump (5) |
| NEVILSHUTE | Author of On the Beach and A Town Like Alice |
| OPERAS | "Einstein on the Beach" and "Nixon in China" |
| SAND | It is found on the beach and under a bit of soil (4) |
| ELEPHANTTEAL | Rare duck that's huge, flops around on the beach and snorts with his snout-like beak? |
| WEYMOUTH | Seaside town on the southern tip of the Jurassic Coast near Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland (8) |
| MCEWAN | Author whose novels The Comfort of Strangers, Enduring Love, Atonement, On Chesil Beach and The Children Act have been adapted into films (6) |
| KAUAI | Hawaiian island with Poipu Beach and the Na Pali Coast |
| DIETS | South Beach and the like |
| TRASH | Party revellers drink all night, head for the beach and pollute the place with this junk. |
| ALEXGARLAND | Author of The Beach and director of the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina (2014) |
