| LEMMINGS | Small rodents wrongly renowned for suicidal behaviour with respect to cliffs and the sea |
| OBEISANCE | Bowing; the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behaviour with respect to another person (9) |
| LEMMING | Arctic rodent known for its suicidal behaviour en masse |
| CHOUGH | A bird of the crow family frequenting sea-cliffs and mountains (6) |
| THRIFT | A plant with pink flower heads, often growing on sea cliffs and mountains (6) |
| BARBARY | ___ macaque, a tailless monkey inhabiting the cliffs and forests of Gibraltar and northwest Africa (7) |
| MOVEIT | Cliff Richard's debut single, credited to Cliff Richard and the Drifters |
| DORMICE | Small rodents noted for their ability to hibernate for long periods (7) |
| CAVE | There is a sewer outfall pipe which runs into the sea from these cliffs and overhangs in Nahoon Point Nature Reserve. Bats hang in there. |
| GAT | (scan. / dan. / sw) narrow ship channel between cliffs and sea banks |
| YORKSHIRE | Historic county, home to RSPB Bempton Cliffs and RSPB Old Moor (9) |
| PLOVER | Winter bird on the cliffs...and what a jumper, we hear! (6) |
| SAMPHIRE | Crithmum maritum. perennial herb found growing on sea cliffs and coasts (8) |
| TOMFOOLERY | Silly behaviour with which to bamboozle the cat? |
| STYLE | Mode of behaviour with a stigma attached to it? (5) |
| PLAYDICE | Indulge in risky behaviour with Sive, Diana and Clare (4,4) |
| TOURINGCLUB | Curbing lout's behaviour with society on the move (7,4) |
| AGGRANDISE | Mostly violent behaviour with a Sikh leader at England and advance (10) |
| LIPPI | Italian Renaissance friar-painter whose quattrocento Madonnas are divine - unlike his behaviour with the nuns, scandalously sublime! (5) |
| EAR | "You have Van Gogh's ... for music." Billy Wilder to Cliff Osmond (3) |
