| RUSSELLCOUTTS | America's Cup sailor who is now commodore of an Auckland yacht club (7,6) |
| THREEKINGS | 1999 black comedy set in Iraq and starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube; also the name of an Auckland suburb (5,5) |
| AINSLIE | Sir Ben ......., Olympic and Americas Cup sailor (7) |
| YACHTER | America's Cup sailor |
| ELITE | America's Cup sailors are this sort of group (5) |
| SAILINGSCHOOL | Yacht Club program, perhaps (7,6) |
| ELMO | Patron saint of sailors who is referenced in the title of a 1985 Brat Pack film |
| GREER | Feminist activist who was arrested for swearing during an Auckland Town Hall meeting in 1972, Germai |
| DRUNKEN | What shall we do with this sailor who is besotted? (7) |
| ABRADE | Read about the sailor who is able to wear one down? |
| SINBAD | Sailor who is a pantomime character (6) |
| ABLESEAMAN | Sailor who is fit? (4,6) |
| MOUNTEDEN | An Auckland landmark recommited to nude men (5,4) |
| ALBANY | A US state capital and an Auckland suburb share what name? (6) |
| BONNIE | Ms. Crombie, Mayor-of Mississauga who is now the Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party |
| KIWIFRUIT | But it wouldn't be an Auckland Apple |
| BIGMAC | Taniela Tupou signed his first pro contract for the Reds over two - - - meals in an Auckland McDonald's (3,3) |
| THOUTOAD | In 4.4, Richard, who is now king, encounters the Duchess and Queen Elizabeth. The Duchess asks, "Where is thy brother Clarence?" She uses a perjorative phrase. What is that phrase? |
| VERMEER | Rediscovered almost 200 years after his death, who is now considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, with works including The Milkmaid (c. 1658)? (7) |
| LOUHOLTZ | Longtime college football coach who is now an ESPN analyst |
