| COWRIE | Name for a group of sea snails whose shells have been used as currency or jewellery (6) |
| CONCH | Name for medium-to-large sea-snails and their shells, so many of the shells have been taken as souvenirs from Spanish beaches that they are now considered an endangered species and are protected by la |
| MOLLUSC | Typically building a protective shell around its soft body, an animal such as the"winding stair" wentletrap or the bubble-rafting violet sea snail whose genus, Janthina, derives from the Greek for "vi |
| SPLENDOR | Board game with gems as currency, or a quality of many gems |
| SCHOOL | Group of sea creatures |
| NAUTILI | Marine molluscs whose spiral shells have air-filled chambers (they sound like a mischievous fabrication!) (7) |
| RAFT | Group of sea otters |
| BONNET | Word that links with "Scotch" for a fairy-ring mushroom, a hot habanero chilli pepper, a species of sea snail or a Tam o' Shanter cap (6) |
| EUCLID | Whose work Elements has been used as a student geometry text for more than 22 centuries? (6) |
| SOWETO | Collective name for a group of working-class suburbs south of Johannesburg (6) |
| BAWDEN | Great Bardfield artist and a close friend of Eric Ravilious whose designs have been used for brands including Fortnum & Mason and Twinings (6) |
| VENIRE | Latin-based name for a group of people summoned to serve on a jury |
| STREAK | Collective name for a group of tigers (6) |
| HEISTS | Armed hold-ups, especially in which art, money or jewellery is stolen (6) |
| AVOWAL | A letter said to have been used in acknowledgement (6) |
| FLUTES | Instruments played using embouchure that have been used to depict birds in classical pieces by Respighi (6) |
| NERITE | Entire metamorphosis of sea-snail (6) |
| AMULET | Ornament or jewellery item thought to give protection against evil (6) |
| ROUBLE | Red currency - or blue, maybe (6) |
| TRADER | One who buys and sells goods, currency or shares (6) |
