| ANERVOUSWRECK | What sits on the bottom of the sea and shakes? |
| KOOKABURRA | According to Marion Sinclair. what sits on the old gum tree? (10) |
| TOPPER | what sits on a cake |
| PUFFIN | Known as the "clown of the sea" and thus collectively as a circus, an auk found on the Farne Islands and Shetland as well as on Lundy, the island that derived its name from the Norse word for this bir |
| POLYPHEMUS | In Greek mythology, the most famous of the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants), son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and the nymph Thoosa. He captured Odysseus and his 12 companions, who eventually blinded him. Wh |
| BARBEL | European fish of the carp family that feeds chiefly on organisms living on the bottom of the sea |
| OYSTER | A variety of bivalve mollusk attached to objects at the bottom of the sea and widely used as food |
| PEARLS | Gems of the sea and birthstones of June, such as the approximately 800 depicted in the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I (6) |
| AHAB | Literary character described as "a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans" |
| LAGAN | Wreckage on the bottom of the sea (5) |
| HANG | What did the anchor say to the fisherman when he stopped his boat? "You go ahead and fish -I'll just ___ out on the bottom of the lake" |
| ADMIRAL | From "lord of the sea" and "Saracen ruler", title of a naval commander or flag-officer; the master of a fishing fleet; or, a cone shell (7) |
| POSEIDON | The god of the sea and of earthquakes in Greek mythology |
| PLUMBED | Tested the depths of prize on the bottom of the river (7) |
| MARITIME | Of the sea and sea-faring (8) |
| ALLEN | Irwin, director of the 1961 film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (5) |
| BUSSTOPS | Submarine rises to the top of the sea and heads for shelters at various stages (3,5) |
| STARCH | Small spot on the bottom of the foot creates a type of stiffness (6) |
| STREWN | Sprinkled on the bottom of the nest the wren built (6) |
| STAMPEDE | Rush from the dampest parts on the bottom of the mire (8) |
