| CODEBREAKER | Wave behind swimmer ending on shore - a cracker! (4-7) |
| CIRCUITBREAKER | Wave behind track as a precaution (7,7) |
| ICEBREAKER | I see wave behind English ship (10) |
| CODSWALLOP | Rubbish kind of dive not completed by swimmer, ending in heap (10) |
| ORCA | Danger for swimmers ending in Balearic Islands |
| SURF | Mass of sea foam formed by waves breaking on a shore; a ride on a wave; or, an illegal jaunt on the roof of a fast-moving train for excitement (4) |
| BEACHCOMBER | Run boat on shore with a big wave for a seaside vagrant |
| RITZ | Luxurious establishment on Piccadilly - it's a cracker! (4) |
| ORARIAN | Meaning "shore", a word for a person who lives on the coast (7) |
| RICECAKE | Old police force finds note from Carson initially getting away from Kildare? It's a cracker! (4,4) |
| BATHOLIVER | Instruction to Cromwell's nanny? What a cracker! (4,6) |
| FIREWORK | With passion, a creation can be a cracker! |
| SNAPPER | As fish go, this one's a cracker! (7) |
| MATZO | Australia cheers maiden over a€“ it's a cracker! (5) |
| STUNNER | Big punch? It's a cracker! (7) |
| SEABASS | Having touched base, 7 behind swimmer (3,4) |
| SCOW | From "push a boat from the shore", a large flat-bottomed barge or lighter; or, in the US, a sailing yacht or dinghy (4) |
| STRAND | String of beads or pearls; a shore; a fibre; or, a component (6) |
| LIDO | From the Italian meaning "shore", a swimming pool often near a beach (4) |
| BISCUIT | It may be a cracker! (7) |