| COOKSTOUR | British explorer heading river expedition |
| SWANUPPING | Pale, engaging in drinking for river expedition (4-6) |
| ONREQUEST | When asked, I set about river expedition |
| TRIPS | Helpful information about river expeditions (5) |
| COOKROOMS | Explorer heading off prepares galleys, perhaps (9) |
| TOPOLOGY | Geographical study explorer, heading for Greenland, brought into play |
| TOBAGO | Travel with explorer, heading off westwards for island |
| ABASNHAETGRI | French explorer heading off behaving in more affected manner |
| TOBACCO | Explorer heading westward, company leaves |
| INLAND | Explorer's heading, perhaps |
| BRASSIERE | Where bolder explorer's heading - but there's a catch to it! (9) |
| AVERSE | Reluctant rock explorers heading off East (6) |
| STAFFORD | Ed, British explorer who walked the length of the river Amazon in 2010 (8) |
| SCOTT | Surname shared by a British explorer and a British author (5) |
| SHACKLETON | Sir Ernest Henry ---, 1874-1922, British explorer (10) |
| ROSS | Sir James Clark _; British explorer (4) |
| ERNEST | ___ Shackleton, British explorer (6) |
| RANULPHFIENNES | British explorer, the first to cross Antarctica on foot |
| WILFRED | ___ Thesiger, British explorer and writer (7) |
| COOK | British explorer of Australasia |
