| SQUINT | Cross the eyes |
| LENGTH | Distance swum in a swimming pool from one side to the other; or, in racing, the measurement of elapsed time as the horses cross the line (6) |
| CHESTERTON | Author of a series of stories featuring his character Father Brown including The Blue Cross, The Purple Wig, The Green Man and The Red Moon of Meru (10) |
| ALBATROSS | Instead of the cross, the ___ / About my neck was hung." Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (9) |
| LINE | Cross the ___ (cross the limits) |
| OVETT | In the words of Steve ..., 'Any idiot can become an Olympic champion provided that they have a lot of luck, work hard and cross the finish line first in the final' |
| BROWN | Father -; character in stories by G. K. Chesterton including The Blue Cross, The Purple Wig and The Green Man (5) |
| MAURY | Known as the "pathfinder of the seas", oceanographer and meteorologist who proved that ships could use winds and currents to cross the oceans faster (5) |
| SKELETON | "Why did the ___ cross the road? To get to the body shop" |
| CONGO | Deepest river in the world, and the only major river to cross the equator twice (5) |
| NASEEM | This No. 10's two sixes of the last over helped Pakistan cross the line against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup. (6) |
| WHY | "___ did the chicken cross the road?" |
| AXLE | In the drink cross the bar |
| BEYOND | ___ the mountains: after you cross the mountains? |
| ROAD | "Why did the chicken cross the __?" |
| DID | Why ___ the chicken cross the road? |
| BALLOON | In 1995 Steve Fossett became the first person to cross the Pacific solo in this type of gas-filled a |
| BLERIOT | The first aviator to cross the English Channel (7) |
| WON | Was the first to cross the finish line |
| FERDINANDMAGELLAN | Portuguese navigator who was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean (9,8) |
