| METALDETECTOR | Device to find buried treasure (5,8) |
| MAP | It might show you how to find buried treasure |
| MINEDETECTORS | Instruments designed to find buried explosive devices (4,9) |
| XMARKSTHESPOT | That's where you'll find the buried treasure! (1,5,3,4) |
| UNDERGROUND | Transport to location of buried treasure? (11) |
| DIGUP | Bring to light (a buried treasure), exhume (3,2) |
| STARTATTHESKULL | "Arr, matey! So ye seek buried treasure to fill yer ship's hull? Well, the first clue is easy. Just ___" |
| BEALE | A famous unsolved book cipher (c. 1820) that purports to give the location of a buried treasure in Bedford County, Virginia. |
| GNOME | Legendary creature said to live in the depths of the earth and guard buried treasure (5) |
| DETECTOR | A device for sensing or finding buried treasure, carbon monoxide or smoke, for example (8) |
| WILLIAMKIDD | Scottish pirate executed in 1701 and rumored to have left a buried treasure: 2 wds. |
| TRELAWNEY | Squire in Treasure Island who finances the search for buried treasure (9) |
| TREASUREISLAND | Novel that led to later depictions of pirates with parrots on their shoulders, and buried treasure marked on maps |
| OAK | N.S. island with buried treasure legend |
| ANGEL | Change location, finding buried treasure (5) |
| SOUGHTAFTER | Go furthest at sea, clutching a description of buried treasure? |
| SEARCH | Hunt as for buried treasure |
| FIEND | Demon discovery with buried treasure, ultimately (5) |
| DUMPSTERDIVING | Searching for buried treasure, in a way |
| DIG | Look for buried treasure maybe |
