| SPEKE | John Hanning -, Devon-born explorer who discovered Lake Victoria in 1858 (5) |
| BAKER | Samuel, English explorer who discovered Lake Albert (5) |
| MONCK | Originally Cromwell's commander-in-chief in Scotland, the Devon-born soldier who later became a key figure in negotiating the restoration of the monarchy to Charles II in 1660 (5) |
| COURT | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke (7,5) |
| STARK | Freya ___ (1893 -1993), French-born explorer and travel writer, created a Dame in 1972 (5) |
| GOSSE | Hoddesdon-born explorer visiting Ayres Rock in 1873 (5) |
| DRAKE | Devon-born English navigator knighted in 1580 (5) |
| ANGEL | Devon-born sculptor whose works include the Bridgwater War Memorial (4,5) |
| CABOT | Italian-born explorer of the New World |
| RICHARDBURTON | English explorer who discovered Lake Tanganyika with John Speke (7,6) |
| BURTON | Richard, explorer who discovered Lake Tanganyika with John Speke (6) |
| ORLEIGH | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke (7,5) |
| ORLEIGHCOURT | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke |
| GOVERNMENTBONDS | Devon-born gents in new deal to secure thousand financial certificates (10,5) |
| UGANDA | Landlocked country on Lake Victoria in East Africa (6) |
| MUNGOPARK | Selkirk-born explorer of West Africa (5,4) |
| KINGSLEY | Charles -; Devon-born novelist who wrote Westward Ho! and The Water-Babies (8) |
| JOHN | Devon-born sculptor whose works include the Bridgwater War Memorial (4,5) |
| NEWCOMEN | Devon-born inventor of the atmospheric steam engine in 1712 (8) |
| LAKEVICTORIA | John Hanning Speke was the first European to see this body of water, in 1858 (4,8) |
