| NIGHTMARES | Experiences of migrants beginning with hope and ending with rescue at sea? |
| OVERBOARD | Tired of directors requiring rescue at sea? (9) |
| CHESHIRECAT | In Wonderland Alice encountered this creature who "vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin"; the ... (8,3) |
| SURCEASE | In the past, stop a rescue at sea after onset of storm (8) |
| GENTLEMEN | Fellows beginning and ending with gin ___ rough element needing to be contained (9) |
| LAMOUR | Dorothy, actress who appeared in the "Road" series of films with Hope and Crosby (6) |
| FAITH | One of the three theological virtues, along with hope and charity (5) |
| TRAGEDY | What is a dramatic or literary composition dealing with serious or sombre themes and ending with disaster? (7) |
| HANOVERIAN | Period in British history from 1714 to 1901, starting with King George I and ending with Queen Victoria (10) |
| WHEELBARROW | What is the longest common English word starting and ending with W? (11) |
| EXPECTATIONS | Bank on answer to half the objections with hope and conjecture (12) |
| GLAMOUR | Was this good to see with Hope and Crosby's co-star? |
| COURTESIES | Proper behaviour is to rescue at sea |
| LIFEBOAT | Vessel for rescue at sea |
| SECURE | Make fast rescue at sea (6) |
| REDKITE | Bird of prey currently more common in Menorca than Mallorca though the population increases in the winter with the arrival of migrants from the north (3,4) |
| USCG | Mil. branch that performs rescues at sea |
| MICE | Of _ And Men, John Steinbeck novella telling the story of migrant ranch workers (4) |
| IMMERSE | Absorb first of migrants in this writer's language |
| HOPEANDGLORY | 1987 British comedy-drama-war film, written, produced and directed by John Boorman and based on his own experiences of growing up in London during the Blitz |
