| DAMPIER | English sea captain who visited Australia several decades before Cook |
| FRANCISDRAKE | English sea captain who sailed around the world during his 1577-80 expedition (7,5) |
| ABELTASMAN | Sailor who visited Australia and New Zealand in 1642 (4,6) |
| LEO | Australian born actor ... McKern visited Australia in 1953 to give lectures on Shakespeare |
| SLOW | Word before cook or burn |
| PREP | Word before "cook" or "school" |
| DRAKE | Sir Francis ___, famous English sea captain (5) |
| AHAB | Obsessed sea captain who appeared on the final season of "Once Upon a Time" |
| SIRFRANCISDRAKE | Elizabethan sea captain who undertook the second circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580 (3,7,5) |
| ANAISNIN | Author who famously kept a diary for several decades |
| CHARLIE | Derek Thompson's iconic character, who left Casualty after several decades (7) |
| TENSE | Causing anxiety decades before EU's beginning |
| PAAR | "The Tonight Show" host decades before Leno |
| ALVIS | Its Firebird came a few decades before Pontiac's (5) |
| PIAF | "Padam Padam" singer, decades before Minogue |
| DIAZ | Porfirio ___, president of Mexico, who, after several decades of rule, was deposed in 1911 by the Mexican Revolution (4) |
| SCLASS | Noted Mercedes series for several decades (1-5) |
| FIFTY | In good condition, having accumulated fine years in several decades |
| NINETIES | Northern Irish niece disheartened by items of clothing from several decades ago |
| OLDIE | Popular song from several decades back |
