| TRANAVIT | He swam across, ut Leander ad Hero |
| MARILYNBELL | She swam across Lake Ontario in 1954 |
| OCEAN | Once swam across a huge stretch of water (5) |
| TRIBUTES | Panegyrics to Shoshone and Navajo, for example, found across Utah (8) |
| UTAH | With 81-Across, Beehive State NCAA team |
| REEFERMAN | "He said he swam to China, and he'll sell you South Carolina." (Cab Calloway, 1932) (6,3) |
| LEANDER | In Greek mythology he swam from Asia to Europe every night to visit his lover, Hero |
| SALT | With 64-Across, Utah phenomenon |
| TRANAT | Like Capt. Webb or Leander, he swims across |
| ADNAT | He swims towards, eg Leander to Hero |
| ADNAVI | I swam to Sestos: "ad Sestum ____" inquit Leander |
| ABYDOS | Home of Leander, who regularly swam the Hellespont to visit Hero at Sestos (6) |
| TRYST | "Hero and Leander" episode |
| NIGHTLY | How Leander swam the Hellespont |
| THRACE | The country of Hero and Leander |
| SESTOS | Site of the tale of Hero and Leander |
| ROLE | Part where Hero and Leander come together (4) |
| HERO | A great chap, or the girl Leander fell/swam for |
| ETTY | English artist who painted Hero and Leander in 1829 (4) |
| NATAT | Trans Hellespontum ____ Leander ut puellam visitet (Historic present) |
