| NAZE | Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich (6-2-3-4) |
| WALTONONTHE | Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich (6-2-3-4) |
| WALTON | and 51/55dn, Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich |
| ONTHE | see 50dn, Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich |
| AITCHES | What are often dropped both sides of Harwich? |
| EASTERNSEABOARD | Seabirds stop to relax on the coast north of Miami |
| HARWICH | Town in Essex on the estuaries of the Rivers Orwell and Stour (7) |
| TILBURY | Port in Essex on the north bank of the River Thames |
| ERITREA | Country on the Red Sea coast north of Ethiopia (7) |
| HARLOW | New town in Essex on the river Stort (6) |
| CROMARTY | Shipping forecast area off the Scottish coast north of Forth and south of Fair Isle (8) |
| EPPING | ____ Forest, ancient woodland in Essex on the northeastern edge of London (6) |
| SOUTHENDONSEA | City in Essex on the Thames estuary (8-2-3) |
| UCSB | State school on the coast north of LA |
| NEWHALL | -- School, Boreham, Essex (on the site of Henry VIII's Palace of Beaulieu) (3,4) |
| ESSEX | Location of Clacton-on-Sea (5) |
| ORWELL | River in Suffolk that enters the North Sea at Harwich (6) |
| BAMBURGH | Castle on the Northumbrian coast, north-west of Seahouses (8) |
| NINE | Square in Clacton in Essex (4) |
| COLCHESTER | Town in NE Essex on the River Colne (10) |
