| UNDERTOW | Recoil of a wave |
| SHOOTINGPAINS | Aches from the recoil of a rifle? (8,5) |
| KICK | Recoil of a rifle |
| WHITECAP | Top of a wave breaking into foam |
| THRESH | From an agricultural term meaning beat, flail or tread grain out of corn, a word for a thwack of chastisement; a violent movement of a wave; a struggle in water; a fast exciting race; a loud party; a |
| BOUNCE | Imitative word for a heavy blow or thump originally, later a jump, leap or spring; the recoil of an object, such as a ball; bluster, confidence or swagger; a boom; a lie; vitality or zip; or, body and |
| SWASH | A rush of seawater over the shore after the breaking of a wave; the imitative sound or "scend" of such a surge; swagger or bluster; or, a typographical flourish on a letter (5) |
| CREST | Top of a wave or a hill; tuft of feathers on a bird's head; or, a heraldic bearing, traditionally for a helmet but also for writing paper (5) |
| SNUGGLE | Look for comfort -- recoil of weapon's broken leg (7) |
| KICKS | The recoils of guns or other firearms (5) |
| COMB | Crest of a cockerel; top of a wave; or, short word for a structure made by bees for storing honey (4) |
| ECHO | A reflection of a wave causing a "ghost" in a television picture or an "angel" in radar signal, for example (4) |
| SURFER | Person who takes part in the sport of riding towards shore on the crest of a wave by standing or lying on a board (6) |
| SURFED | Rode towards the sea on the crest of a wave lying or standing on a board |
| SURF | To ride on the crest of a wave standing or lying on a special board (4) |
| SERF | One bound on a crest of a wave, we hear |
| DOPPLER | The --- effect, the change in frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the wave source (7) |
| FOAM | Poetic word for the ocean; a bubbly frothy mass such as soap suds or the spindrift, spray, spume or surf of a wave; or, figurative fury (4) |
| CRIME | Part of a wave? |
| SURFACE | Top expert on the crest of a wave? (7) |
