| EOLIAN | Related to the wind |
| TRIM | The act of snipping a candlewick to prepare it for use; a light haircut to neaten or tidy; a decorative edging; the position of a ship's sails relative to the wind; said vessel's fitness; or, conditio |
| SIROCCO | Is returning the bird to the house, due to the wind (7) |
| BOOM | Pivoted spar to which the foot of a sail is attached to control its position relative to the wind (4) |
| LEEWAY | A boat's sideways drift; or, alluding to the space said craft has "given" to the wind, a term for freedom, latitude, room to manoeuvre or slack (6) |
| HARDENINGUP | Tightening the rigging to sail closer to the wind |
| ROPE | The 'sheet' in 'three sheets to the wind' |
| WINDWARD | On the side exposed to the wind (8) |
| STINKO | Three sheets to the wind, so to speak |
| CAUTION | Thing to throw to the wind |
| GALLEONS | Bad Manners over long periods used to sail very close to the wind presumably (8) |
| DOGSTAR | Pan (according to "The Wind in the Willows") turns up in canis major (3,4) |
| BELOW | It's dot up to the wind around the East (5) |
| EAGER | Keen to get on during career, throwing caution to the wind |
| LEGLESS | Three sheets to the wind on the French steamer |
| REEF | Reduce the area of a sail exposed to the wind (4) |
| ONTHESLY | Honestly three sheets to the wind, under the table (2,3,3) |
| TREND | Right-back had to get close to the wind (5) |
| KEELOVER | How four-sheets-to-the-wind sailors hit the deck? (4,4) |
| TOADSTOOL | Fungus calls for implement belonging to The Wind In The Willows amphibian (9) |
