| ROSCOFF | Commune in Brittany, France with a cross channel ferry link to Plymouth (7) |
| LORRAINE | Region of France with a cross that became the Free French symbol in WWII (8) |
| TUNNEL | The trap location with a cross-channel link (6) |
| LEHAVRE | French city with a ferry link to Portsmouth (2,5) |
| LOURDES | Town in France with a shrine to St Bernadette (7) |
| PESCARA | City in Abruzz, Italy, on the Adriatic Sea having a ferry link with Split, Croatia (7) |
| IMPROVE | My move to Plymouth came after I became unhappy in Middlemarsh -- I wanted things to get better (7) |
| PROVINS | In the 13th century, this town was one of the most important towns in France, with a population of 80,000 inhabitants. It was a prosperous wool centre, and its fairs were famous all over Europe. It wa |
| FASTNET | Offshore race sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, to Plymouth, Devon (7) |
| PILGRIM | 1620 visitor to Plymouth Rock (7) |
| DIEPPE | Port in Seine-Maritime, France with a ferry link to Newhaven, East Sussex |
| ANATOLE | France with a 1921 Nobel |
| FELIXSTOWE | Port and resort in Suffolk with a ferry link to Rotterdam (10) |
| DOVER | Port in Kent with a ferry link to Calais |
| LARNE | Town on the east coast of County Antrim with a ferry link to Cairnryan in Scotland |
| HOVERCRAFT | The art of lurking in cross Channel ferry? (10) |
| CALAIS | French port with a ferry link to "9" (6) |
| RAMSGATE | Kent port with a ferry link to Ostend, Belgium until 2013 |
| CAEN | City of Normandy with a ferry link to Portsmouth |
| COUCHETTE | A sleeping berth on a continental train or a cross-channel boat (9) |