| WAKE | The track left on the water's surface by a ship (4) |
| LIFELINE | Rope attaching a sailor to a boat, or one originally used to send signals to the water's surface by a diver (8) |
| PORT | Left on the water |
| APORT | On the left, on the water |
| OARS | Paddles or sculls forming puddles on the water's surface on each stroke (4) |
| CAST | What is a small pile of earth ejected on to the surface by a burrowing worm? (4) |
| SCUM | Pond ___ (algae on the water's surface) |
| SPLASH | Disturbance on the water's surface caused by a diver or the launch of a ship; a leading front-page story; or, a film about a mermaid (6) |
| PUDDLE | A pool of rainwater; a ripple on the water's surface left by the blade of an oar; or, a curtain's train of fabric, spilling onto the floor (6) |
| COMO | Y-shaped lake in the foothills of the Rhaetian Alps of Lombardy, site of the town Bellagio on the water's edge (4) |
| ETCH | To cut a design into a surface by means of acid or a sharp tool (4) |
| ALEE | Away from the wind, on the waters |
| REEF | A rocky ridge near the water's surface; or, in gold mining, a lode or vein of auriferous quartz (4) |
| FOUR | ___-eyed fish have eyes on top of the head that are adapted for seeing both above and below the water surface (4) |
| AHOY | Hail on the waters (4) |
| DIPS | Gentle bobs or bounces of fishing flies onto the water's surface; the lures used; plimsolls; or, fist bumps (4) |
| CATSPAW | Nautical name for a pattern of ripples on the water's surface caused by a gust of wind; or, an offshore swivel knot (4-3) |
| ASEA | On the waters |
| RIPPLE | One of a series of little purls or waves on the water's surface caused by a light breeze or "cat's-paw" (6) |
| FINGERMARK | A print, smudge or trace left on a wall, paintwork or other surface by a dirty, greasy or inky digit (10) |
