| MOBYDICK | Herman Melville novel (4-4) |
| OMOO | Herman Melville novel |
| STARBUCK | Chief mate on the Pequod in 1851 Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick (8) |
| QUEEQUEG | Chief harpooner on the Pequod in the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick |
| BARTLEBY | '--- The Scrivener', story by Herman Melville (8) |
| CABINBOY | Moby-Dick author Herman Melville worked as what when he sailed from New York in 1839? (5,3) |
| MOBY | 19th century novel by Herman Melville (4,4) |
| AHAB | Captain of the Pequod in the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick (4) |
| ISHMAEL | Narrator of the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick (7) |
| TYPEE | 1846 Herman Melville novel (5) |
| BILLY | 12 by Britten based on a novel by Herman Melville (5,4) |
| BILLYBUDD | Final novel by Herman Melville, adapted as an opera by Benjamin Britten (5,4) |
| POTTER | "Israel ___", 1855 novel by Herman Melville (6) |
| WHALE | Moby-Dick, in the novel by Herman Melville (5) |
| CAPTAINAHAB | Character created by Herman Melville (7,4) |
| BUDD | Billy ___, unfinished Herman Melville novella about a sailor (4) |
| ISRAELPOTTER | 1855 novel by Herman Melville (6,6) |
| ISRAEL | 1855 novel by Herman Melville (6,6) |
| TYPEFACE | Set of characters concealing truth, mainly, in Melville novel |
| PEQUOD | Ship captained by Ahab in the Herman Melville novel MobyDick (6) |
