| FRANCISDRAKE | Explorer who sailed from England circling the globe from 1577 to 1580 and capturing treasure from Spanish ships: 2 wds. |
| GOLDENHIND | Originally named Pelican, the galleon in which Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe from 1577-80 (6,4) |
| JAMESCOOK | Explorer who sailed from England mapping the Pacific islands New Zealand and Australia from 1768 to 1779: 2 wds. |
| JOHNCABOT | Explorer who sailed from England claiming eastern Canada for Henry VII in 1497: 2 wds. |
| GREENSLEEVES | Much performed English folk song dating to 1580 (12) |
| HALFMOON | Henry Furlong travels around the globe from Crescent (4-4) |
| ANSON | George, naval commander who sailed from England in 1740 and circumnavigated the globe in 45 months (5) |
| MAYFLOWER | Historical ship on which the Pilgrims sailed from England to the New World in 1620 (9) |
| HEYERDAHL | Thor. Norwegian anthropologist who sailed from Peru to the Pacific Islands in the raft Kon-Tiki (9) |
| DRAKE | English explorer and admiral who circumnavigated the globe between 1577-1580 (5) |
| SIRFRANCISDRAKE | Elizabethan sea captain who undertook the second circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580 (3,7,5) |
| THOR | Norwegian anthropologist who sailed from Peru to the Pacific Islands in 1947 (4,9) |
| HIND | Golden ---, English galleon which circumnavigated the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Francis Drake (4) |
| THORHEYERDAHL | Norwegian anthropologist who sailed from Peru to the Pacific Islands in 1947 |
| CAPTAINCOOK | Murderer accepting suitable catering job from one who sailed from 5 (7,4) |
| JOHNSMITH | Soldier and explorer born in 1580 who coined the term New England (4,5) |
| CABOT | Explorer who sailed his ship Matthew from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497 (5) |
| ERIKSON | Norse explorer who sailed to North America in the late 10th century (4,7) |
| LEIF | Norse explorer who sailed to North America in the late 10th century (4,7) |
| ABSORBENT | Away from school, circling the globe and soaking it all up (9) |
