| PINTA | Companion of the Nina and the Santa Maria |
| SANTAMARIA | The Pinta, the Nina and the _? (5.5) |
| SISTERSHIPS | The Nina and the Pinta, e.g. |
| NINA | The ___, the Pinta and the Santa Maria |
| TOPEKA | "Do you hear that whistle down the line?" asked Judy Garland. "She's the only one that'll sound that way; On the Atchison, ... and the Santa Fe" |
| MARIA | The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa ___ |
| ALBERTI | Leon Battista, 15th Century Italian architect whose works include part of the facade of the Santa Maria Novella in Florence (7) |
| ATCHISON | Judy Garland sang the Oscar-winner On The ... Topeka And The Santa Fe |
| TRIO | The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, for example |
| SHIPS | The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, for example |
| HAITI | Modern-day locale of the place where the Santa Maria ran aground in 1492 |
| MANOS | Hands on the "Santa Maria" |
| LITTLEDONKEY | Nina and Frederik's version of this song reached No 3 in the December 1960 charts |
| CINZANO | Nina and co excitedly touring unknown part of Manhattan? (7) |
| SIMONES | Mother-and-daughter singers Nina and Lisa |
| OFTHESEA | A heavenly guide for sailors - since Columbus sailed on the Santa Maria? (4,2,3,3) |
| STAR | A heavenly guide for sailors - since Columbus sailed on the Santa Maria? (4,2,3,3) |
| SHIP | The "Nina," e.g. |
| CARAVELS | Nina and her sisters |
| CLAY | Nina and Ava were both in love with Silas ___. |
