| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Receding seas | The Telegraph Quick | 31 Jan 2025 |
| They may leave shells strewn on the beach | Wall Street Journal | 30 Jun 2022 |
| Receding seas | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Jun 2021 |
| Periods of decline, near the shore (2 words) | Family Time | 13 Feb 2017 |
| Rollback events | New York Times | 22 Oct 2016 |
| Rollback events | ||
| Coastal backflows | ||
| Low waters | ||
| Some recessions | ||
| Oceanic refluxes | ||
| Oceanic refluxes | ||
| Periods of decline | ||
| Oceanic backflows | ||
| Periods of decline | ||
| Outgoing seas. | ||
| Low waters. |