| TASMAN | Abel _, Dutch navigator who discovered New Zealand (6) |
| BARENTS | Willem ___, Dutch navigator after whom part of the Arctic Ocean is named (7) |
| ABELTASMAN | European explorer who discovered New Zealand |
| LEARNT | Discovered new antler (6) |
| DAGAMA | Vasco, navigator who discovered the sea route to India around the Cape of Good Hope (2,4) |
| DEGAMA | Navigator who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope (5,2,4) |
| COLUMBUS | Italian navigator who discovered the New World (8) |
| COOK | James ?, 18th-century English navigator who discovered several Pacific and Atlantic islands |
| JAMES | 18th-century English navigator who discovered several Pacific and Atlantic islands |
| LEIF | Mr. Ericsson, Norse navigator who discovered Vinland (4) |
| STAR | Astronomers discovered new pulsating ___ (4) |
| INGENUITY | Singer discovered new harmony with note missing sharpness |
| ABEL | The first European to see New Zealand was the Dutch navigator, ... Tasman |
| GAMA | Vasco da --- (medieval navigator who discovered the sea route from Portugal around Africa to India) |
| VASCO | Navigator who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope (5,2,4) |
| VASCODAGAMA | Navigator who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope |
| GANCE | Abel ___, French director of 1927 biopic Napoleon (5) |
| MAGWITCH | Abel ___, character in 1861 Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations (8) |
| ANTON | Abel ___, 1997 and 1999 World Championships marathon gold medallist (5) |
| MUZOREWA | Abel ___, prime minister of the unrecognized state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 (8) |
