| FINDS | See 7 Ac. Discovers a geological feature, but shows dissatisfaction (5,5) |
| FAULT | Discovers a geological feature, but shows dissatisfaction (5,5) |
| ASCERTAINS | Discovers a discoloration's covering half of saucer (10) |
| DISCONTENT | Pluto gets the substance but shows lack of satisfaction (10) |
| SANANDREAS | Small Californian town whose name is associated with earthquakes, a geological fault and the Grand Theft Auto video game (3,7) |
| ICEBERG | Lettuce type named for a geological feature (7) |
| PLANET | See 7 Ac, 2002 animated film based on a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson (8,6) |
| DIVERS | See 7 Ac Stone plungers? (5-6) |
| FIELDING | See 7 Ac |
| TAMBO | See 7 Ac. South African politician who became acting president of the ANC in 1967 (6,5) |
| BELL | See 7 Ac |
| ISLAND | See 7 Ac |
| FOLDING | A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock (7) |
| TADPOLE | In a busy depot, Al discovers a young frog (7) |
| SPANGLE | A bookie will fish but shows little sparkle (7) |
| WEIGHSANCHOR | Considers stabilizing feature, but prepares to leave. (6,6) |
| ENNUI | Every third Etonian studying shows dissatisfaction (5) |
| THROW | A roll of dice; the extent of vertical shift in a geological fault; the distance moved by an instrument's pointer; or, a decorative cover for a bed/chair (5) |
| SPIRACLE | Word, from the Latin for "breath", for a cartilaginous fish's oxygen inlet, an insect's breathing pore, a tadpole's water inlet or a whale's blowhole, thus a geological vent for exhaling steam (8) |
| MOPE | Show dissatisfaction with a bad poem (4) |