| CORSAIRS | Barbary ____, pirates who once operated off the North African coast (8) |
| ELLIS | Dock ___, Pirate who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD |
| VIKINGS | Group of Scandinavian pirates who terrorised northern waters from the 8c to the 10c (7) |
| ISRAELHANDS | One of Long John Silver's pirates who is eventually shot by Jim Hawkins (6,5) |
| CARTHAGE | An ancient city state, on the North African coast near present-day Tunis (8) |
| ZANZIBAR | Autonomous archipelago off the East African coast, part of Tanzania (8) |
| SEVILLE | Autonomous Spanish city on the north African coast bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea (7) |
| CERASTES | The north African horned viper (8) |
| UTICA | Ancient Phoenician city on the north African coast near Carthage (5) |
| TUNIS | Large cask is found on the north African coast (5) |
| WHITMORE | Walter ___, pirate in William Shakespeare play Henry VI Pt II who kills the Duke of Suffolk (8) |
| PENZANCE | Whence G&S_pirates |
| CORSAIR | Any pirate who operated on the Barbary coast from the 16th Century (7) |
| RATPATROL | With "The," 1960s series set in the North African desert during WWII |
| SAHEL | Transition zone between the North African desert and more fertile regions to the south (5) |
| PONYEXPRESS | A mail delivery system on horseback that once operated in the U.S. (4,7) |
| DOLLY | Little puppet once operated in the washing tub! (5) |
| CALICOJACK | English pirate who operated in the Caribbean in the early 18th century (6,4) |
| LAFITTE | Jean, pirate who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the 19th century (7) |
| AFRICA | Old World porcupines live in Europe, ___, and Asia; some examples are the North African crested porcupine, African brush-tailed porcupine, and Indian crested porcupine |
