| HEADING | Direction in which a ship is travelling |
| CONVENIENCE | Flag of ____ , a foreign one under which a ship is registered in order to avoid certain duties etc (11) |
| TRIM | Architectural moulding such as a picture rail; decorative edge; or, the manner in which a ship floats (4) |
| REIN | Direction in which a rider turns on their horse; or, either of a pair of straps attached to a bridle's bit (4) |
| DOWNSTREAM | Situated in the direction in which a river flows (10) |
| ASPECT | Direction in which a property is facing (6) |
| NORTH | Direction in which a compass needle points; septentrional region; or, the negative pole of a magnet (5) |
| HELM | Steering gear / a tiller or wheel by which a ship's rudder is controlled |
| FLAGOFCONVENIENCE | Under which a ship may be registered to avoid certain obligations |
| ROCKS | Ice on which a ship might founder (5) |
| DOWNWIND | In the direction in which breeze is blowing |
| HAWSEPIPE | Tubular casting through which a ship's anchor chain or cable passes |
| ROADMOVIE | A genre of film in which the main character is travelling in search of, or to escape, something (4,5) |
| COURSE | Direction a vehicle is travelling in (6) |
| AIM | Direction in which something is pointed (3) |
| TREND | General direction in which something is developing (5) |
| NOREAST | Direction in which senator is running (7) |
| LEEWARD | Direction in which the wind is blowing (7) |
| BLUEPETER | Named after a maritime signal flag hoisted when a ship is about to set sail, a series that awards badges to guests who appear on the show (4,5) |
| FULFORD | Lou, who lives on a small road on the edge of a cliff in Falmouth, is travelling to visit my hamlet near Kingston St Mary (7) |
