| ARGONAUTS | In Greek mythology, the heroes who sailed with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece (9) |
| ARGONAUT | Any of the heroes who sailed with Jason, in ancient Greek legend |
| KINGSLEY | Author of The Water-Babies as well as the children's book on Greek mythology The Heroes and historical novels including Hypatia and Westward Ho! (8) |
| JASON | Leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece (5) |
| ENDEAVOUR | Naturalist Sir Joseph Banks sailed with Cook to the South Pacific in the late 1760s on this vessel |
| FLEECE | Jason and the Argonauts were in quest of the Golden what (6) |
| MARAUDING | Roving in quest of plunder (9) |
| ARGO | Ship that sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece |
| SIEGEPERILOUS | In the cycle of Arthurian legend, what term applies to the seat at the Round Table kept vacant for the one who accomplishes the quest of the Holy Grail? (5,8) |
| RACES | 2026 Winter Olympics Competes at high speeds in quest of the gold |
| MASK | The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan are the heroes of the 1939 film, The Man In The Iron ... |
| IRON | The three musketeers and D'Artagnan are the heroes of the 1939 film, The Man In The ... Mask |
| FRANSTRIKER | US writer who created the heroes the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet in the 1930s (4,7) |
| EXPEDITION | The Franklin ___ (Fateful quest of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic) |
| ACHAEMENIDES | Marooned Greek who sailed with Aeneas, Aeneid 2 |
| CREAN | Kerryman who sailed with Shackleton to the Antarctic |
| AFTER | It is in the fashion of being in quest of something (5) |
| EMMAPEEL | One of the heroes of "The Avengers" who has no superpowers |
| NINA | Ship, along with the Santa Maria and Pinta, that sailed with Columbus in 1492 (4) |
| IDOLATRY | One of the heroes getting a score? The church warns against this sort of behaviour! (8) |
