| OILRIG | In the North Sea, this may be Tern A or Auk A |
| NODDY | A tern; a Blyton character |
| ENGLAND | In 2.1, Richard visits Gaunt at his estate. Gaunt is sick. The Duke of York counsels Gaunt before Richard enters. In a famous speech, he describes "This precious stone set in the silver sea," "This bl |
| GUILLEMOT | Common name for several species of seabird in the Alcidae or auk family (9) |
| HELIGOLAND | One of the North Frisian Islands in the North Sea that was ceded by Britain to Germany in 1890 in exchange for Zanzibar (10) |
| HEARTHSTONE | One may be under fire, adrift in the North Sea |
| ORKNEY | The -- Islands are a group off Scotland in the North Sea (6) |
| FRISIAN | The - Islands are a chain in the North Sea (7) |
| MARACAIBO | More properly termed an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, this lake lies in northwestern Venezuela (9) |
| MAINLAND | Mother is away from the sea, this being off the peninsula (8) |
| LINDISFARNE | Infer island could be one in the North Sea (11) |
| DOGGER | UK shipping forecast area in the North Sea named after a large sandbank (6) |
| NAUSEA | Feel it in the North Sea taking a quick turn? (6) |
| BRENT | Oil and gas field in the North Sea northeast of the Shetland Islands (5) |
| OILMEN | Well in the North Sea, they may work (6) |
| FORTIES | Oil field in the North Sea that began production in 1975 (7) |
| SEABIRD | Albatross or auk, for example |
| SODAWATER | Moving toward sea, this might make a splash. |
| MARINER | A rating's heading home entering foreign sea - this one? (7) |
| HMSIVANHOE | Royal Navy I-class destroyer that sank in the North Sea off the Frisian Islands on 1 September 1940 |
