| ESCALLOP | In Arles, call operator for shellfish (8) |
| LOCAL | Call operator first needs to make? (5) |
| NEGATIVE | Operator, for example, in local, ordered gins - w 5dn (8,4) |
| DUETTIST | Key operator, for example, who has to share a bench |
| PARMAHAM | Standard money taken by a radio operator for Italian food (5,3) |
| SIGN | Operator, for example, in local, ordered gins - w 24ac (8,4) |
| SAX | Instrument with a solo in Sade's "Smooth Operator", for short |
| SIGMA | Greek letter used as an operator for summation in mathematics (5) |
| SCALLOP | Call in very quietly for shellfish |
| ARB | Wall Street operator, for short |
| USN | Annapolis academy operator, for short |
| DOWNLOADER | Forklift operator for pillow factory? |
| MTA | Subway operator, for short |
| LIMPET | Permitted little devil to come in for shellfish (6) |
| PRAWN | Man on board introduces recipe for shellfish (5) |
| LANGOUSTE | Angle at sea holding sack for shellfish (9) |
| SPIDERCRAB | Crispbread made specially for shellfish |
| ABALONE | Upper classes only go for shellfish |
| CONCH | Study award for shellfish (5) |
| LOBSTERPOT | Trap for shellfish:2wds. |
