| SALTAIR | Bracing breeze gives sailor a tune (4,3) |
| SALTIRE | National flag gives sailor displeasure (7) |
| SALTROCK | Place on KZN coast gives sailor shock (4,4) |
| BARNOWL | Bird gives sailors nothing to shout about (4,3) |
| KEEL | Pull up vegetable that gives sailors stability (4) |
| ABATED | Declined to give sailor new date (6) |
| SEAMILE | For a sailor, a minute is this long (3,4) |
| ABSTAIN | Refrain from giving sailor a dirty look (7) |
| JAKARTA | About to leave sailor, a drunken tar in Eastern capital |
| SABBATH | Small city gets sailor a time to rest (7) |
| ALIBABA | Almost excuse sailor, a pantomime hero (3,4) |
| LABCOAT | Left sailor a bed outside for protection (3,4) |
| TORNADO | Fuss about sailors - a terrible storm! |
| SEADOG | A Jack tar, old salt, pirate or sailor; a white rainbow as seen by a mariner; an antiquated word for a shark or a seal; or, a heraldic beast in the form of a talbot with a beaver's tail (3,3) |
| JACK | Word for an ordinary man first, later a knave in cards; a sailor; a national maritime flag; or, a male donkey (4) |
| SCARAB | Beetle giving a sailor a bit of a scare! |
| JACKRUSSELL | A sailor, a philosopher, and a dog |
| TAR | A sailor; a preservative |
| ABSTRUSE | Obscure sailor, a good man with a strategy (8) |
| MAB | To many a sailor, a queen |
