| COUSTEAU | Jacques -, French naval officer and underwater explorer who died in 1997 (8) |
| JACQUESCOUSTEAU | French naval officer and underwater explorer, 1910-97 (7,8) |
| FELAKUTI | Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of afrobeat music who died in 1997 |
| AQUARIUM | A building often in a zoo where fish and underwater animals are kept (8) |
| SPEARGUN | Squashed grape found in source of heat - and underwater fishing device (5,3) |
| GRAPPELLI | Stephane ?, French jazz violinist who died in 1997 |
| DENGXIAOPING | Chinese politician who died in 1997 (4,8) |
| SOLTI | Georg, British conductor born in Hungary who died in 1997 (5) |
| GEORGSOLTI | British conductor born in Hungary who died in 1997 (5,5) |
| JACQUES | and 29ac, French underwater explorer who co-developed the aqualung and pioneered marine conservation |
| ADMIRAL | Regard with respect largely before promotion of the French naval officer (7) |
| SPENCER | Maiden name of the Princess of Wales who died in 1997 |
| ARLES | Hometown of Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at age 122 |
| NYRO | Laura, New York City-born singersongwriter who died in 1997 (4) |
| ACTON | John ___, English naval officer and prime minister of Naples who died in 1811 (5) |
| JOHNFRANKLIN | Naval officer and explorer who disappeared in 1847 |
| COLEMANOLD | Five-term mayor who died in 1997 |
| DIANA | Princess who died in 1997 |
| SCOTT | Naval officer and explorer who was beaten by Roald Amundsen in an attempt to be the first man to rea |
| ROBERTFALCON | British naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic (6,6,5) |
