| SEASNAIL | An abalone, cowrie, dog-whelk, ocean butterfly, oyster drill, periwinkle or purple topshell; or, a creature that, despite its name, is not a mollusc but a tadpole-like vertebrate allied to lumpsuckers |
| ACCOUNT | A written or oral narration of what happened could lead to a bill or a/c reckoning? (7) |
| OPTION | Sunroof or A/C |
| SPIRE | Steeple; blade of grass; apex of a shell such as that of the periwinkle; or, a towering stem of a flower such as a delphinium or foxglove (5) |
| CREEPER | A bird that runs or spirals up and down tree trunks; a daisy-cutter in cricket; or, a vine such as the clematis, periwinkle or woodbine |
| MUSSEL | "Clappy-doo" with a mother-of-pearl-lined shell, often found anchored to a rock pool with other sea creatures such as an anemone, limpet, periwinkle or starfish (6) |
| MOLLUSC | General word for an invertebrate studied in malacology such as a clam, cockle, mussel, periwinkle or scallop (7) |
| SHELL | Collected from seashores in a popular hobby and studied in conchology, the carapace of a cockle, periwinkle, whelk or other mollusc (5) |
| PAUA | M?ori word for an abalone or its shell used for jewellery or trinkets (4) |
| PORCELAIN | From Italian for "cowrie shell", a white translucent ceramic material with a finish reminiscent of a polished shell; or, chinaware made from this (9) |
| ORMER | An abalone, ear-shell or Venus ear that may only be caught on days around new/full moons, during the first four months of the year (5) |
| SHELLFISH | Periwinkles or pipis |
| HERMIT | Small, soft-bodied crustacean, living in the empty shell of a whelk or similar mollusc (6) |
| PESEWA | From Akan for "penny worth of gold dust", a Ghanaian coin equal to 1/100 of a "cowrie shell" cedi (6) |
| SNAILS | Whelk and periwinkle |
| PARCHEESI | Classic board game adapted from an Indian game played with cowrie shells |
| PASTEL | Word for a soft or delicate colour such as baby blue, duck egg or periwinkle (6) |
| SEAEAR | Other name for an abalone |
| KILLERWHALE | A whelk I"ll throw with hesitation at sea creature (6,5) |
| WALKTHE | Trundle a lob bait along the bottom (*to warm whelk) (4,3,4) |
