| RATING | A ticking off for the sailor |
| STICK | A ticking off - or the cane (5) |
| REPROACH | Get hold of guards for a ticking off (8) |
| HARDWORDS | A ticking off the foreigner didn't understand? (4,5) |
| PULLEDUP | Hauled in and given a ticking off (6,2) |
| TALKINGTO | Reprimand, a ticking-off (7-2) |
| SLATE | Give a ticking off (5) |
| WIGGED | My Learned Friend may be given a ticking-off (6) |
| CRATCHIT | Tiny Tim right to get a ticking-off about it (8) |
| REPROOF | Ticking off for returning the rope in knots (7) |
| PULLINGUP | Ticking off for stopping (7,2) |
| STROKE | Touch of a paintbrush; a sound of a ticking clock; or, the rower nearest the stern of the boat (6) |
| DECKHAND | A job for the sailor, held by the dealer and held by the gambler (8) |
| TIME | Find the answer to the metaphor mystery: "I am a circle that bends, a ticking river that flows with no end" |
| COATING | Duffel, gaberdine, tweed or other jacketing for overgarments; a thin layer of bloom, glaze, paint, patina, veneer etc; or, dialect for a severe rebuke, reprimand or ticking off (7) |
| ABALONE | Seafood for the sailor aboard the Mary Celeste? (7) |
| SEAFARER | There's been a safer era for the sailor (8) |
| TARGET | A butt for the sailor to reach (6) |
| ABLESEAMAN | A beans meal provided for the sailor (4,6) |
| AYE | Yes, at the double for the sailor (3) |
