| BLEACH | Sterilising product left in sands? (6) |
| SCAMPERS | Beetles left in sand by holidaymakers |
| HARDCHEESE | Dairy product left unwrapped in the fridge too long? Bad luck there (4,6) |
| FREEZERBAG | Ziploc product [left hand] |
| AND | Also comes between compass points in sands (3) |
| ARABS | Bedouins returning and hidden in Sands Bar alehouse (5) |
| MARINE | Almost any major character in "Sands of Iwo Jima" |
| AGAR | John who co-starred in "Sands of Iwo Jima" |
| BREACH | Gap in sands engulfing river (6) |
| STRYKER | Sgt. played by John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima |
| CRASHLANDS | Larch broken in sands as plane does emergency stop (10) |
| ANTIBACTERIAL | Sterilising wound a bit can soothe, finally stopping suffering |
| UHT | Milk-sterilising process (1,1,1) |
| AUTOCLAVE | Sterilising apparatus (9) |
| AGOODSPORT | American products left on a ship by one who can take a joke (1,4,5) |
| PASTEUR | Louis, French chemist and microbiologist who originated the process of sterilising foodstuffs by heating (7) |
| ADD | In addition, this is found in hand tools, greasebands, as well as in sand! (3) |
| SILICON | Element in sand used in making glass (7) |
| ESCAPIST | Dreamer, wretched case, head in sand in pit |
| SAHARA | Left lying in sand, turn pale (6) |
