| THENEEDLES | Rocks off the Isle of Wight (3,7) |
| AMOCOCADIZ | Liberian oil tanker forced on to rocks off the coast of Brittany in 1978 (5,5) |
| TUSKAR | Group of rocks off the Wexford coast |
| BISHOPROCK | Lighthouse off the Isles of Scilly established in 1858 |
| FRESHWATER | Where new drink can be found on the Isle of Wight (10) |
| NEEDLES | The _: three chalk stacks that rise out of the sea off the Isle of Wight (7) |
| AILSACRAIG | Notable rock off Troon (5,5) |
| CHALK | Sedimentary rock forming The Needles off the Isle of Wight, White Cliffs of Dover, Westbury (Bratton |
| INSOLENT | Fresh, in water off the Isle of Wight |
| SOLENT | The ?, strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (6) |
| ROCK | Lighthouse off the Isles of Scilly established in 1858 (6,4) |
| BISHOP | Lighthouse off the Isles of Scilly established in 1858 (6,4) |
| INCHCAPE | Island and lighthouse also called Bell Rock off the east coast of Scotland (8) |
| FASTNET | Rock off the Irish coast associated with famous yacht race (7) |
| COWES | Home to the Royal Yacht Squadron and host of an annual regatta, port on the Medina considered the maritime gateway to the Isle of Wight (5) |
| SCYLLA | Sea nymph in Greek mythology identified with a rock off the Italian coast (6) |
| RYDE | Seaside town on the coast of the Isle of Wight (4) |
| NEWPORT | The administrative centre of the Isle of Wight (7) |
| INSOLVENT | On the rocks off Hampshire, holed by prow of vessel? |
| OSBORNE | Name of the house and estate on the Isle of Wight once owned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, us |