| SKULLCAP | Sounds like somewhere in West Cork and Cork for one of the family associated with The Mint (8) |
| APPLES | Pomaceous fruits of the rose family associated with the Isle of Avalon (6) |
| STEP | Sounds like somewhere in Siberia is a stone's throw away (4) |
| BASIL | Bails out green type associated with the Mint (5) |
| CITES | Alludes to Dublin and Cork, for instance, not having institute (5) |
| PARASITE | Sounds like somewhere one could find jumpy characters - one living off the other (8) |
| PLUGHOLE | One of those of in Bath and Cork synonymous with golf course (8) |
| SUNROOMS | For seeing the light, sounds like somewhere journalists hang out? (8) |
| POOLSIDE | Ring back bank - that sounds like somewhere for those doing the lying (8) |
| SPACEBAR | Sounds like somewhere cadets can get a drink between key commands (5,3) |
| LINOLEUM | Floor covering once made with linseed oil and cork (8) |
| ROOFRACK | Using cork for a handy holder on high (4,4) |
| STOPPERS | Corks for sealing bottles |
| LLANTRISANT | Town in south Wales called 'The Hole with the Mint' when the Royal Mint moved from London in 1967 (11) |
| HERBGARDEN | Sounds like somewhere you'd expect time frame perhaps in winter for one of those supplying kitchen ( |
| FUCHSIA | Flower, originally from South America, which grows prolifically in the hedgerows of the West Cork region of Ireland |
| OYSTERBAR | Sounds like somewhere Ray and monk would go for a drink in Pearl Harbour presumably? (6,3) |
| HOTBED | Sounds like somewhere you'd steal a bit of shuteye in breeding ground of crime (6) |
| CRIMINALCLASS | Sounds like somewhere where one learns there is honour among thieves in school on wrong side of trac |
| ARD | The Irish Sky Garden is part of which estate in West Cork? (4,3) |
