| THALASSA | Word for the sea and for its divine personification in Greek mythology (8) |
| KRATOS | Divine personification of strength in Greek myth; central character in the God of War series of video games |
| UNCLE | - Sam, US personification in box F (5) |
| ABELMOSK | Tropical plant cultivated for its yellow-and-crimson flowers and for its musk-scented seeds (8) |
| POSEIDON | In Greek mythology, the god of the sea and earthquakes (8) |
| SWEETPEA | We got the pet swimming in the sea - and it climbs (8) |
| HESITATE | Wait a little, for the sea waves to engulf it (8) |
| PRIESTLY | Smashing reply: it's divine (8) |
| THEMAGIC | Peter, Paul & Mary sang, "Puff, ... dragon, lived by the sea; And frolicked in the autumn mist in a |
| NAUTILUS | Name of Captain Nemo's submarine in Jules Verne's adventure novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island (8) |
| CLASSICS | "The Old Man and the Sea" and "Moby Dick" |
| KNEEDEEP | Keen to gambol by the sea and in the shallows |
| BUSSTOPS | Submarine rises to the top of the sea and heads for shelters at various stages (3,5) |
| GADARENE | The --- swine were a Biblical herd which ran into the sea and drowned (8) |
| BANVILLE | John, Irish novelist noted for The Sea (8) |
| MARITIME | Of the sea and sea-faring (8) |
| SAILABLE | Ready for the sea |
| DITCH | Narrow trench for irrigation or drainage; informal word for the sea; or, the border of a bowling green (5) |
| FOAM | A poetic word for the sea; or, a porous material used in floristry (4) |
| ANGELICA | Tall plant of the Parsley family used in 22 down medicine, and for its candied stalks (8) |
