| ARCHIPELAGO | Expanse of water with many scattered islands (11) |
| LOCHMORAR | Scottish Highlands expanse of water, with over forty scattered islands - fixed me cholera! (4, 5) |
| OCEAN | Body of water with many coasts |
| COSTERS | Traders with many scattered stores (7) |
| MARSHALL | Which country (___ Islands) consists of 34 scattered islands in the Pacific? (8) |
| ARCHIPELAGOS | Groups of scattered islands (12) |
| WELLMEANING | Source of water with the significance of having good intentions (4-7) |
| PYRAMIDLAKE | Western Nevada body of water with distinctive rock structures sticking out |
| ARCTICOCEAN | Northern expanse of water (6,5) |
| ADRIATICSEA | Expanse of water in Asia? A direct misrepresentation |
| INDIANOCEAN | Breaking ice on, and in, a vast expanse of water |
| BRIGHTSPARK | Clever person routing river through several expanses of water to pleasure ground |
| ROSEPETAL | One of many scattered in a honeymoon suite, maybe |
| CAYMAN | Fearsome creature about - many scattered |
| DISPERSED | An underworld figure - as such, many scattered |
| WILT | Get what will happen to Basil if deprived of water with a grain of salt on the borders (4) |
| CLINGTO | Don't release what's caught with fish in the middle of water with duck (5,2) |
| SCOUNDREL | Charlie found in stretch of water with a fair amount of relief by rogue (9) |
| DEADCALM | Of a still body of water with no waves and no wind (4,4) |
| APPLE | Autumnally bobbed from a bucket of water with one's teeth or placed on a stick and coated in toffee, a pome related to the medlar, pear and quince; or, the wood of said fruit's tree (5) |