| WHINE | Plaintive cry in port, perhaps, heard (5) |
| OWL | Bird's plaintive cry in East London? |
| TROOP | There's nothing in port, perhaps, for soldiers (5) |
| WINCE | Cold in port, perhaps, makes one flinch (5) |
| GREYS | Horses, perhaps, heard to eat green food (5) |
| SWINE | Unpleasant sort in southern port, perhaps (5) |
| TWINE | Entrance to this port, perhaps, has coil (5) |
| BLEAT | Plaintive cry of a sheep (5) |
| PLEAD | Plaintive cry (5) |
| ATSEA | In between ports, perhaps |
| HOWLS | Makes the long plaintive cry characteristic of a wolf or hound (5) |
| WHALE | Sea creature's plaintive cry you can hear |
| OHROB | Signature plaintive cry from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" |
| SHIPSIDE | Transport left in port perhaps (8) |
| WINDOWLESS | Deceased bird in port, perhaps, on ship with no outlook (10) |
| PREDATOR | Wild animal read about in port, perhaps (8) |
| PROTEIN | Body-builder in port, perhaps ? a German one (7) |
| PROUST | In port, perhaps, an American writer (6) |
| WAHINE | Maori woman has a husband in port perhaps (6) |
| ROLLTOP | Sort of desk getting first 25% off duty in port, perhaps (4-3) |
