| SOUND | Plymouth ___, deep inlet in the English Channel (5) |
| PUGET | Deep inlet of the Pacific Ocean in northwest Washington, US (5,5) |
| SERCQ | What is the French name for the small island in the English Channel, a royal fief, with its own laws based on Norman law and its own parliament? (5) |
| FIORD | Long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as found in Norway (5) |
| FJORD | Deep inlet found in part of Jordan (5) |
| WIGHT | Isle of ___, island in the English Channel whose administrative centre is Newport (5) |
| TAMAR | GWR Ariadne class locomotive terminates in the English Channel (5) |
| CREEK | Narrow sheltered waterway, specially an inlet in a shoreline or a channel in a salt marsh (5) |
| BAYOU | Inlet in Orleans, or marshy water in New Orleans? (5) |
| DOVER | Major port in the English Channel known for its white cliffs |
| ALCOVE | Went to a large inlet in the sea in the recess (6) |
| STRANGFORDLOUGH | The largest inlet in the British Isles (10,5) |
| GULFS | Deep inlets |
| SULLOMVOE | Deep coastal inlet in the Shetland Islands (6,3) |
| RIA | Sea inlet in the Adriatic (3) |
| EDDYSTONE | Which group of granite-like rocks in the English Channel is the site of the J. N. Douglass Tower, the fourth lighthouse to be built on the rocks? (9) |
| PUGETSOUND | Deep inlet of the Pacific Ocean in northwestern Washington State, US (5,5) |
| NEEDLES | The ___, group of chalk stacks in the English Channel off the coast of the Isle of Wight (7) |
| SARK | Island in the English Channel, one of the Channel Islands (4) |
| JERSEY | Island in the English Channel, largest of the Channel Islands (6) |