| GEORGEWEYMOUTH | English explorer who made contact with the Wabanaki nations while attempting to find the northwest passage to India |
| TRACED | Made contact with the horse wearing harness. (6) |
| MESSNER | Reinhold, Italian mountaineer and explorer who made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest in 1980 (7) |
| PENOBSCOT | Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy |
| EREBUS | Ship that sailed with HMS Terror on John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage (6) |
| TRIALS | Motorcycle events in which competitors ride through an obstacle course while attempting to avoid touching the ground with the feet (6) |
| ENGLISHACCIDENT | Tearing the felt while attempting to put spin on the ball, e.g.? |
| POWERDRESSING | Might add this to salad while attempting to appear in control of things? |
| RUNOUT | Dismissed while attempting to sprint between the wickets (3,3) |
| PETER | ___ Beale, injured himself while attempting to impress a lady in EastEnders (5) |
| WILLS | English explorer who, along with Robert Burke, made the first European crossing of Australia, Willia |
| METEOR | Wartime flyer made contact with English soldiers (6) |
| RANINTO | Made contact with someone (or something) on the way (3,4) |
| RUNG | Made contact with step at the ladder (4) |
| NONMETAL | Nitric oxide and nitrogen made contact with aluminium kind of element (3-5) |
| TOETAP | Receiver's maneuver while attempting to keep both feet in bounds |
| SOTO | Slugger Juan who turned down a $440 million contract with the Washington Nationals in 2022 in order to sign a $765 million contact with the New York Mets two years later |
| MARTINFROBISHER | 16th-century English explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage in Canada: 2 wds. |
| FROBISHER | Sir Martin ___, 16th-century English explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage |
| BURTON | Richard, English explorer who was the first to discover Lake Tanganyika in Africa in 1858 (6) |
