| ENDEAVOUR | HMS ----, Cook's ship on first voyage of discovery (9) |
| EAGLES | Lose the head on Darwin's ship on first seeing impressive birds |
| NINA | One of Columbus's three ships which sailed from Palos on his first voyage of discovery, in 1492 (4) |
| SANTAMARIA | Largest of three ships on the first voyage of Christopher Columbus (5,5) |
| MAIDEN | First (voyage of ship) |
| ODYSSEY | A wandering, voyage of discovery (7) |
| EXPEDITIONS | Former midshipman with publications on voyages of discovery (11) |
| EXPEDITION | Voyage of discovery (10) |
| DARWIN | Author of On the Origin of Species whose Galapagos finches collected on his second voyage of HMS Beagle were identified by ornithological artist John Gould (6) |
| DISCOVERY | Aptly named ship on a later voyage of 55-Across |
| LOG | A detailed record of a voyage of a ship or aircraft (3) |
| PINTA | The ___ was one of three ships commanded by Columbus on his first voyage to America (5) |
| MARIA | Santa ---, the flagship of Columbus on his first voyage to America in 1492 (5) |
| LILLIPUT | Where Gulliver was washed ashore when shipwrecked on his first voyage (8) |
| DAWN | The Voyage Of The _ _, the third book of the Chronicles Of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis (4,7) |
| TREADER | The Voyage Of The _ _, the third book of the Chronicles Of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis (4,7) |
| LIVELY | Dame Penelope -, author of The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, A Stitch in Time, The Voyage of QV66 and other novels for children (6) |
| NARNIA | Fantasy sequel, The Chronicles of ___: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (6) |
| DAWNTREADER | Third instalment of the Narnia films, The Voyage of the (4,7) |
| CSLEWIS | Author of The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (1,1,5) |
