| LOTOPHAGI | Fruit consumers visited by Odysseus and his crew after they were blown off course |
| RHESUS | In Greek mythology, a king of Thrace whose horses were stolen by Odysseus and Diomedes (6) |
| INTRODUCED | I'd trounced some others after they were brought in (10) |
| SHOFROTH | They were blown to make clear, weightless bubbles |
| CIRCE | Enchantress visited by Odysseus |
| POLYPHEMUS | In Greek mythology, the most famous of the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants), son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and the nymph Thoosa. He captured Odysseus and his 12 companions, who eventually blinded him. Wh |
| GOLDENFLEECE | Mythical treasure sought by Jason and his crew of Argonauts (6,6) |
| ISLAND | Where Shackleton and his crew found refuge after the Endurance sank in 1915 (8,6) |
| ELEPHANT | Where Shackleton and his crew found refuge after the Endurance sank in 1915 (8,6) |
| JAMAICA | The island on which Columbus and his crew were stranded for a year, 1503/04 (7) |
| ENTERPRISE | The name of the vessel that propelled Captain James T Kirk and his crew of 438 to "boldly go where no man has gone before". NASA named a space shuttle after this craft |
| NORSE | Airship in which Roald Amundsen and his crew made a crossing of the Arctic (5) |
| TIGERS | Second baseman Lou Whitaker and his crew (or zoo vet's striped patients) |
| PIRATES | Raiders? From the line-up, I rate Scotland's Captain Kidd and his crew (7) |
| WHALERS | Captain Ahab and his crew |
| TREKKIE | Big fan of Captain Kirk and his crew |
| AIRY | Ray and I were blown about when it was breezy |
| OPHELIA | Floodlights at Holywood RFC in Northern Ireland were blown down by Hurricane - - - in 2017 (7) |
| JERICHO | City with walls that were blown down by trumpets (7) |
| GRAF | German pocket battleship blown up by her crew after the Battle of the River Plate in 1939 (4,4) |
