| STARTURN | Introduce, on vessel, a pre-eminent performer (4,4) |
| SPOIL | Cuts I introduce on return that mess up (5) |
| RETINA | On vessel, a bit of a looker |
| HEWER | Henry on vessel, a cutter |
| MAESTROS | Eminent performers composing some arts (8) |
| DECANTER | Put off consuming vessel, a bottle of wine (8) |
| INDIAMAN | Vessel a waitress overturned in pub |
| ARKANSAS | State vessel a special unit boarded by noon (8) |
| ATOP | Occupying a pre-eminent position at work (4) |
| ANARCH | A pre-eminent leader of revolt (6) |
| MAESTRO | Eminent performer, in teams or otherwise |
| CUTTER | A ship's jollyboat-like service vessel; a tailor who scissors cloth; a utensil for pressing out rounds of biscuit dough; or, a pig of a size between baconer and porker (6) |
| VEIN | A type of blood vessel; a natural underground watercourse; a lode; a streak in cheese; or, a tendency (4) |
| POT | A casserole, crock, pipkin, planter or other such vessel; a kitty; dialect for a hole eroded in limestone; or, a trophy, such as a silver cup (3) |
| SAMPAN | Mother's returning on a vessel; a Chinese one |
| ASSASSINATE | Dispatch a vessel, a ship inherited, short of a name |
| MORTAR | A vessel, a gun, or a substance used by builders |
| CRAFT | A vessel; a skilled occupation (5) |
| DAISYCUTTER | Woman on sailing vessel a cricketer's shot |
| PRIVATEER | Fellow crossing river on one large vessel, a warship |
